Tuesday, June 21, 2022

AR 3038 on the Solstice (June 21, 2022)

AR 3038 has indeed been flaring and is a very active region. The inverted image below shows plasma knots swirling in the spot's complex beta-gamma magnetic field. The second image is a full disk panorama record of the Sun today. Images taken with a 40mm PST-DS and Mallincam DS2.3+ camera.




 

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