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Photographer:

Jon Greif

Location of Photo:

La Jolla, CA, USA

Date/Time of photo:

November 14, 2021, at 11:30 am PST

Equipment:

Lunt 50 mm Ha Solar Scope, SkyWatcher AZ-GTI mount, ASI462MC camera, ASI Studio capture, Lynkeos stacking and Pixinsight processing software, Lucky Imaging from 10 sec (280 frames) video.

Description:

Two visible areas of sunspot activity as seen from our deck a little before noon today...they may appear small, but each is larger in diameter than Earth (Earth image is for size comparison -- we haven't moved that close to the sun!].

Website:

https://www.skyandtelescope.com/author/jgreif/