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Patricio Leon
Santiago, Chile
02/16/2024
10:16 am

Equipment Details:

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

Post-processing Details:

crop, B/C

Image Details:

long-lived AR3576 is seen at the very edge of the Sun at 4 o´clock limb position, saying good-bye but not before it send a farewell X2.5 flare; this sunspot was seen during 13 days since it rotated the eastern limb on february 4th, so it could well complete a full solar rotation as only about 3 in 1.000 sunspot can achieve, all been big ones