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Patricio Leon
Santiago,Chile
01/24/2024
09:54 am

Equipment Details:

Newt 4.5" + solar film, 1/640s ISO100

Post-processing Details:

crop, B/C

Image Details:

the big sunspots of the last days show for the first time a perceptible shrinkrage, more evident in the eastern component of AR3559 but also in the very explosive AR3561 which has lost several of its tiny dark cores; besides, the eastern Sun hemisphere looks barren for the first time since late december, hope it will be populated soon

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