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Spot AR1944, which appeared on January 1, is one of The largest sunspots in the current solar cycle. It is big that people notice it with the naked eye, looking at it through sunglasses a sun disk. Daisuke Tomiyashu sent it Image from Hagashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan:
“Solar 1944 was visible at dawn on January 4,” says Tomiyashu. “I combined three exposures: 1 / 15sec, 1 / 100sec and 1 / 640sec to create this HDR image (highly dynamic range) “.
A photo open source Although the spot was relatively calm and stable since it first appeared on New Year’s Eve, the region this size has the potential for significant explosive activity. Indeed, NOAA forecasters who say that they are closely watching this “hippo”, rate at 75% chance for M-class flashes and 30% for maximum X-class flashes for 4 January.
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