Picture Data
- Lens: 10" Meade f/10 Schmidt Cassegrain
- F/stop: 2
- Exposure: 1/500 of a second
- Film: Fuji Superia 400 color film
- Filter: Thousand Oaks Type 3 Solar Filter
- Date: December 25, 2000
- Location: North Aurora, Illinois, USA
- Temp: Not Relevant
- Dew: Not Relevant
- Transparency: 7
- Seeing: 7
- Notes: Slight Wind taken on a wood deck.
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Apparent Magnitude |
-26.72 |
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Size |
1,390,000 km |
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Apparent Size |
30' |
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Star Type |
Yellow Dwarf |
Sunspots are "cool" regions that look dark only by comparison with the surrounding regions.