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Thanks to a heads-up post from @appagalcrochet, I hauled out my telescope this morning to check out newly-formed sunspot region 4366 — an area ten times wider than the Earth! It’s been emitting powerful X-class solar flares, which reportedly triggered radio blackouts across the South Pacific. The fact that life is able to exist at all on our tiny orb amid such unimaginably powerful cosmic forces continues to amaze me.
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in reply to Bluejay • •Great photo. Can you tell me what filter you are using and if this is a post processed image?
I took one a few years ago with a Pixel 4a and a celestron 130 SLT
But it was post processed since in the original photo the Sun was white (as should be). But I like the orange tint.
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My Solar Eclipse capture in Sidney, OH 2024
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This was a picture created using a Dob10 telescope and a 17.3 mm lens with a white light filter. The only changes made were reducing brightness of the shot and increasing shadow using my camera phones settings. I deleted the original to make room for moon shots but here is unprocessed/processed comparison from my other phone from a few weeks ago.
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