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Blogs > loveisamyth > loveisamyth, stars are forever


loveisamyth 68M
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4/19/2015 10:59 am

Last Read:
4/20/2015 1:29 pm
SUNSPOT SUNRISE
The sun is peppered with so many spots, observers are beginning to notice them at sunrise, no filters required. Jett Aguilar "spotted" the dark cores this morning when the sun came up over Quezon City, the Philippines.



"At sunrise on April 19th I took an image of the sunspot spotted sun rising over the Sierra Madre mountains of Luzon," he says. "I used an unfiltered Canon 300 mm f/4 lens with a 2x Canon extender on a Canon 7D DSLR. Exposure was 1/2000 sec at f/45, ISO 100."

Photographers should take note of these settings. Most of the sunspots pictured above will remain visible for another 5 to 7 days, providing daily photo-ops at sunrise and sunset. Flares are likely, too. The largest sunspots in the image (AR2321 and AR2124) have 'beta-gamma' magnetic fields that harbor energy for M-class explosions.

Warning: Even when the sun is dimmed by low-hanging clouds or haze, it can still damage your eyes. Sunlight magnified by unfiltered optics is dangerously bright. If you chose to photograph the low sun, as Aguilar did, use the camera's LCD screen for safe view finding. NEVER look into the eyepiece of an unfiltered camera or telescope when the sun is in the field of view.



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