

a detail of the image above, showing three different groups
of sunspots.
Guntram alerted me to a big group of sunspots
prominently visible on the face of our home star.
It has been quite a while since I managed to photograph sunspots,
but now the low and long sunspot minimum is over and the Sun
is pretty active.
The color was added to the image for better
visibility of features and to make it more appealing.
Attention: never look at the sun without a
proper solar filter, permanent eye-damage might occur!
| Telescope: |
Astrotech 80mm ED |
| Camera |
Nikon D200 |
| Exposure: |
f/6 1/500s ISO 100 |
| Date: |
13th February 2011 |
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