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      Wallpaper author:
      Mark Johnston

      07 Jun 2025

      Sunspots with plasma bridge May 8 2023

      Sunspots with plasma light bridge. This photo taken just before an APOD-winning closeup of the large sunspot group.

      Used a herschel wedge and a Player one 10nm 540nm photosphere filter

      Dataset includes original SER, raw TIFF, final jpg

      Exceptionally good seeing, 5/5

      Dataset author
      Mark Johnston
      T-18

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      • Type of target
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        Sun
      • Camera
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        Player One Apollo-M IMX174M with cooler
      • Target coordinates
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        RA 00 00 00.0 Dec 00 00 00
      • Hemisphere
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        Northern
      • Telescope location
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        United States of America
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        Yes
      • Observed on
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        07 May 2023 - 08 May 2023
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      Luminance130m2000

      Sunspots with plasma bridge May 8 2023