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World-renowned Canadian amateur astronomer Jack Newton has found it fascinating to witness and record fluctuations in the solar cycle. Using a 90mm Double Etalon Coronado filter, he has recorded the Sun while its stormy behavior builds to a maximum, and its magnetic field reverses. Then, he has photographed it again as it settles back down […]
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