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Victor Rogus
Sedona, Arizona
05/21/2023
09:00 am

Equipment Details:

8 inch Vixen Field Maksutov telescope 1000 oaks over the aperture white light filter, Losmandy GM-8 mount, Cannon 80d camera, 12mm eyepiece projection.

Post-processing Details:

adjusted contrast in Adobe

Image Details:

Growing sunspot AR3311 has an unstable 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field that harbors energy for strong solar flares. NOAA forecasters say there is a 75% chance of M-class flares and a 35% chance of X-flares on May 21st. (Spaceweather.com) As seen to me just now.

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