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Image of the day 01/14/2014

    AR1944 on January 7, 2014, Giuseppe Donatiello

    AR1944 on January 7, 2014

    Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

    Image of the day 01/14/2014

      AR1944 on January 7, 2014, Giuseppe Donatiello

      AR1944 on January 7, 2014

      Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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      Monster active region AR1944 was directly facing Earth when this region on the sun released an X-flare on January 7, 2014. An X1.2 flare peaked at 1:32 p.m. EST (18:32 UTC). A coronal mass ejection (CNE) exploded from a sunspot the size of our planet and the sun was facing earth when it occurred.

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      AR1944 on January 7, 2014, Giuseppe Donatiello

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