SUN February 29th

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SUN February 29th

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A very hot one out there today. AR3590 is moving to the edge.
What a great sunspot!

RichardJ :)
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Re: SUN February 29th

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Wonderful images Richard. And as always, perfectly presented.


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Thank you Richard - well recorded.
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Very nice Richard. Sadly we are about to lose AR13590.


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Beautiful full disks. Thanks, Richard.

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beautiful images. almost time to say goodbuy to the big one

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Terrific images, Richard. What scope did you use ?

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I used my Skywatcher 70mm ED refractor and Lunt solar wedge. It is a great scope for observing the Sun in white light.

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Nice disks thanks Richard!


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Great disk Richard, I had to grab a pic through the clouds today!


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Superb WL images Richard :bow

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Great disks, Richard!


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