Wednesday, January 16, 2013

An Active Sun--January 16, 2013

The sun is very active today.  These images show prominences and active regions.  The active region clearly visible on the first image is AR1561, which has gown rapidly and is visible to the naked eye.  It is capable of producing X-Class flares.  Captured with PST and SolarMaxII.




 

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