On July 29, 2023, I was fortunate enough during my daily imaging of the sun to catch a moderately strong solar flare right at its peak as seen as the very bright area on the upper image. The lower image is from the Space Weather Prediction Center GOES satellite x-ray data. The vertical line marksContinue reading “Bull’s Eye!”
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8,000
It’s really not much to look at, just a little round ball with a few scattered spots. But looks can be deceiving, this “little” round ball is actually 835,000 miles in diameter and the larger spots are nearly as large as the Earth. However, this image means a lot to me since, if I haveContinue reading “8,000”