The Suffolk Sky » sun http://www.suffolksky.com Backyard Stargazing and Amateur Astronomy in Suffolk, Virginia USA Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:04:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sunspots 1057 and 1059 – March 27, 2010 http://www.suffolksky.com/2010/03/sunspots-1057-and-1059-march-27-2010/ http://www.suffolksky.com/2010/03/sunspots-1057-and-1059-march-27-2010/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:29:44 +0000 Hersey http://www.suffolksky.com/?p=599 3/27/2010 – Suffolk, VA
The Sun
Sunspots 1059 and 1057
Camera: Nikon D60 Prime Focus – ISO400
Scope: C8 SCT
Focal Length: 2032mm
Exposure: 1/200
Guided: No
Cropped with Gimp
Using my DIY solar filter – www.suffolksky.com/2008/11/home-built-solar-filter-for-my…

Sun with Sunspots 1057 and 1059

I was setting the scope up for tonight and decided to take a quick look at the sun. You can easily see sunspot 1057, the large spot near the top center. Sunspot 1059 is a little harder to find but can just be seen to the far left. Click on the image above to go to the flickr page where I tagged the spots.

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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1915

Can be configured for your locale, and set to display just about anywhere on the browser.  Mouseover it and it displays the info. Pretty neat.

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