my first sunspot.

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my first sunspot.

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Taken at 09.20am this morning,came back from work
no cloud blocking the mandarin orange.scope operational ready at
all times since last week.notice the sunspot activity quick decide to try picture it.picture taken with philip toucam stack in registax and little tweaking in photoshop with brightness and contrast.Btw not sure what sunspot number it is.I think our expert Mr Chia can tell.. [smilie=beg.gif]
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looking good, amin7074! the group seems elongated and appears to be "separating" from a single entity... it is a challenge getting such compositions into focus in the heat, cheers!
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Hi,amin7074
If its the long string of sunspots;then it should be 1045.The two big patch at the end of the string of dots are the so called poles of the magnetic disturbances.You should be able to see the penumbra of these two black patch.Sunspot 1046 and 1047 are at the edge and v.small in size.Sunspot 1046 consists of 2 spots;each in turn split up into two--well to see it you need a apo at high magnification; white 1047 is still a dot;enlarging though.
Well,good that more people are paying attention to the sun;but be careful to use a safe filter as our eye is precious.Thanks
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Post by superiorstream »

Hi,All
Sorry for some typo error.'Sunspot 1046 and 1047 are at the edge' should be "sunspot 1046 and sunspot 1047 are at the edge OF THE SUN....".-not at the edge of the photo!!Its not visible in amin's photo.Thanks
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Post by amin7074 »

Thank You....:) Mr Chia And Remus for the good information.
it is a challenge getting such compositions into focus in the heat, cheers!
Yup of course it is very difficult to do the focusing in the heat especially when the sun has no cloud blocking it..
Well,good that more people are paying attention to the sun;but be careful to use a safe filter as our eye is precious
yes agree with Mr Chia we need to observe not only the night star...but the most nearest star to us is our sun which we need to observe it during the daytime..:)
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