Tuesday, July 10, 2012

AR1520


AR1520 is a huge spot group capable of producing M-Class flares.  This pic was made from a 400 image stack (PST + Lifecam) with some fairly heavy processing (you can see some of the artifacts in this image). It gives a good sense of the energy swirling around in this large group.

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