@solownh i dunno it says right there in the bible that "thou shalt bomb the middle east whenever there is a solar flare"

#solarflare #iran #israel #sunspot

Detail of the #sunspot group AR4115 (the big one), AR4114 (to the right of the big one), and AR4111 (almost at the limb).
#Science #Astronomy

During today's #Bochum #sunset the actually not that big #sunspot (1)4114 was at times enlarged by atmospheric optics, just above the crane and right on the horizon.

The next two #Bochum (Germany) #sunsets, yesterday and today: the #sunspot group (1)4114 remains strong.

#Cats #CatsInCones #Sunspot

I'm just going to die like this I guess.

No one cares about me. I'll just fade away.

They don't know I'm on life 7.

Sigh.

Raging Sunspots Captured in Crystal Clear 8K By New Camera System https://petapixel.com/2025/05/27/raging-sunspots-captured-in-crystal-clear-8k-by-new-camera-system/ #solaractivity #sunspot #Space #solar #News #sun

My phone camera isn't focusing very well, but you can just make out the #sunspot displayed on my #solar #projector #astronomy #astrophotography #sun

And the #Bochum #sunset show goes on ... today the #sunspot group (1)4087 was very prominent, and there was #AtmosphericalOptics galore: sometimes it stretched or duplicated the spot vertically while at other times a #GreenSegment 'lifted off' from the Sun's upper limb. More pictures in https://www.facebook.com/groups/788806561196660/posts/9689217151155512/ and even more in https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid0b5cQw5CTKqrLis6EVvCX4rw6pGujnKBgS6iBcq2FxBPiYwdddLW1Y1dyVqPVvGT6l

My latest #model #construction #project . A #solar #projector but unfortunately the #sun is behind #trees, but I did see a #sunspot earlier #astronomy #astrophotography

The #sunspot group (1)4087 just above a cloud band during the Bochum #sunset today - followed by a pretty pronounced #GreenRim of the Sun, not seen in the days before. Full sequences of May 14, 15 and 16 in https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid02uB1YqHYgbTf5bUsHDz1yZTFguPH2eW9ByzJd9c5PgMYSd7GdAMMMDcQBKbAv79V8l

The #sunspot group (1)4087 - the black dot above the trees - during today's #Bochum #sunset ... it was clearer than yesterday so even at the very shortest possible exposure, 1/16,000 sec at f/8 and ISO 100, the Sun was still significantly overexposed. Meanwhile the sunspot itself is taking a nap and produced only an M and a few C flares today but its magnetic structure allegedly keeps having a potential for more.

Yep, that - the dark splotch near the top of the setting Sun in the unobstructed area - is the #sunspot group (1)4087 ... which produced an X2.7 #flare today despite looking completely harmless in white light: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1087060393447823 and https://x.com/JAtanackov/status/1922592737762968049 (pic as usual from #Bochum, Germany; minutes ago).

#WilsonEffect #Sunspot #StereoImage
Sunspots approaching the sun's limb appear to be sunken in the middle.

I made a stereo image from two frames taken from the video here 🔗https://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=11&month=05&year=2025

The surface of the sun around the sunspot appears like a five-petal flower slightly risen above the surface, showing the Wilson effect.

The first image is to be looked at with crossed-eyes for the stereo effect to appear.
The second image requires red/cyan glasses.

With the big #sunspot gone from the disk little is happening ... so here's the #sunset with a #swift from yesterday. In https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid0uDCAnPLqQ8J4pPmMhSoTCtzoH5ZLWtngukALSjrraiTdfgBCq76KFqhJMJsxyHYpl more pictures from the last three days, just for the record.

Helloooo, where’s everybody? #sunspot #seestars50

The #sunspot group AR (1)4079 right at the limb of the Sun during sunset on 10 May - there wasn't enough 'natural filtering', so even at 1/16,000 second at f/8 and ISO 100 the Sun was burned out, but the group is right there: full sequence (with earlier day time images and the Moon) in https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid02tJDxMAUgBwBeXa8aV2Hhpjc4BTdwmQUm98DagqiviTygCCnDrdKH6qjivRW4y6Phl