AR4079 on the Sun's Eastern Photosphere: 05/01/25 |
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The Sun in Ha |
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Object Data |
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| Object type: | Solar | |
| Magnitude: | -26.7 | |
| Constellation: | ||
| Distance: | 8.3 light-minutes | |
| Notes: | This close-up image of the solar photosphere shows massive sunspots in AR4079. Sunspots appear dark where termperatures drop to ~3700K from ~5700K. Sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields and give rise to powerful X- and M- class flares. AR470 had just released an M-class flare. | |
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Exposure Data |
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| Date: | 05/01/25 | |
| Location: | Backyard Solar Observatory, Carlsbad, CA | |
| Lense: | Lunt 100THa solar scope; double stack etalons with 18mm blocking filter. A 5x TeleVue powermate was used to bring focal length to 3570mm | |
| Camera: | ZWO ASI174mm camera (Sony IMX 174) | |
| Mount: | Losmandy G-11 | |
| Exposure time: | Frame rate: 41 f/s; 24.26ms exp | |
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| Notes: | Registered and combined 10% of the best 3000 frames. Processed in PS-CS | |
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