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A Spotty Sun, Morning Luna’s Silver Sliver, Dotted Jupiter and Ringed Saturn Ride the Sea-Goat, and Looking at Lyra!

This full-disk image of the sun in visible wavelengths was taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite on August 29, 2021. It shows the huge sunspot group designated AR2860 that is currently visible by anyone using safely filtered telescopes, pinhole projectors, and eclipse viewers. That active region is emitting strong M-class flares. Visit Spaceweather.com and…
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The Sun Starts to Sport Spots, the Full Pink Moon is Sort of Super, and Planets Pair up at Dusk and Dawn!

This full disk image of the sun on April 23, 2021 was taken by Dave Hoskins. This view shows the sun through a special solar telescope that uses the Hydrogen-alpha wavelength in the red part of the visible spectrum. A large group of small sunspots sits just to the lower left of centre, surrounded by…
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