Comments on: Close-up of a solar monster

By: Lorena

Lorena — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:37:08 +0000

this reminds me of a van gogh painting awesome

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:26:41 +0000

2: Bill,

If you head over to the Space Weather link, they have the sunspots labeled on the image and according to that one it’s 1520.

Went out at noon today with my solar filter and saw it. Was also showing others at my school.

Way cool.

By: Carey

Carey — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:31:19 +0000

> Size isn’t a guarantee of activity

So what you’re saying is… it’s not the size of the boat that matters, but the motion of the convective plasma?

By: SkyGazer

SkyGazer — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:25:31 +0000

I´ve seen them with my naked protected eyes.
Awesome.
Long time since I´ve seen sunspots like this with no aid.
Lovely!
Miss a little earth in the photo though for more awesomenesiating.

By: Bill DeVoe

Bill DeVoe — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:56:32 +0000

Phil – is this actually AR 1520 or 1515? You corrected the earlier post – not sure if this is a new region or more of the same old(er) one.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:39:01 +0000

Phil, check these photos out as well. Very nice depth in them.
http://www.astrosurf.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/034876.html