• Disc view of full sphere of Sun with a brighter patch of gases seen from the telescope on the left side.
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    This image of the Sun was taken with a 60mm Lunt Solar Systems Hydrogen-Alpha telescope. Over the course of about 15 minutes, we watched a patch on the left side of the Sun brighten, and slowly fade away. We captured this image near the peak of brightness.

  • Disc view of full sphere of Sun with a brighter patch of gases seen from the telescope on the left side.

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November 11, 2010

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Erin Braswell

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WEB11702-2010

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