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This image of the Sun was taken at the Phoebe Waterman Haas Public Observatory at the Museum in Washington, DC at 1:54 pm on February 3, 2012.
One large sunspot group is visible, but the Sun was quiet on this day.
Telescope: Lunt 100mm hydrogen-alpha
Camera: Lumenera SKYnyx 2-2M
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