New Sunspot on the NE limb

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New Sunspot on the NE limb

Post by dhkaiser » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:23 pm

Nice sunspot emerging on the NE limb. Goto link and zoom in...

https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/la ... 6_HMII.jpg


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Re: New Sunspot on the NE limb

Post by Merlin66 » Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:29 am

Thanks for the heads up.
Could be interesting over the next couple of weeks.


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Re: New Sunspot on the NE limb

Post by DeepSolar64 » Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:36 am

I caught sight of it around noon today on the SDO HMI continuum images. I had clouds today and could not look for it myself.


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Re: New Sunspot on the NE limb

Post by marktownley » Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:08 am

Thanks Dan, let's hope it develops some more.


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Re: New Sunspot on the NE limb

Post by ffellah » Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:26 am

Thank you, Dan, I checked the SDO this morning also.

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Re: New Sunspot on the NE limb

Post by Montana » Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:39 pm

Fantastic!! I think Mark T has a very beautiful CaK image of it :)

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