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Active Sun During late October and Early November 2003, the Sun became exceptionally active producing the most violent outbursts ever recorded - some hit the Earth's protective magnetic shield causing extensive auroral activity which was seen as far south as Spain and Florida. Ray's picture bears testimony to extent of the sunspot activity which has occurred. The largest spot visible is several times larger than the planet Jupiter! Link-words: Sun

Active Sun

During late October and Early November 2003, the Sun became exceptionally active producing the most violent outbursts ever recorded - some hit the Earth's protective magnetic shield causing extensive auroral activity which was seen as far south as Spain and Florida. Ray's picture bears testimony to extent of the sunspot activity which has occurred. The largest spot visible is several times larger than the planet Jupiter!

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Filename:rays_spots.jpg
Album name:Ray Hemming / The Sun
Rating (5 votes):33333
Link-words:Sun
Image date, time and location:28/10/2003 13:00 GMT
Telescope aperture and focal ratio:Taken using a Nikon Coolpix 880 camera and a 90mm Meade ETX with a 30mm Plossel eyepiece. The camera was set to 2X magnification and was hand held at the eyepiece.
Filesize:489 KiB
Date added:Nov 07, 2003
Dimensions:650 x 912 pixels
Displayed:335 times
URL:http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/displayimage-96-_Active_Sun_.html
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