Many Faces Of Large Sunspot AR3590
Taken by Philip Smith on February 25, 2024 @
Manorville, NY USA
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Date Taken: 2024:02:26 15:42:30
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Sunspot AR3590 is about the size of 10 Earths side by side.
I imaged the close-up of the Large Sunspot AR3590 on 02-25-24 from my observatory.
Its diameter (the distance from one side to the other through Earth's center) is 7,926 miles (about 12,756 kilometers).
So if you multiply 7,926 miles that equals 1 Earth diameter X 10 = 79,175 miles that is about the length of Sunspot AR3590.
Earth is slightly smaller when measured between the North and South Poles which gives a diameter of 7,907 miles (12,725 kilometers).
This is a HUGE sunspot on the surface of the Sun right now. A sunspot is an area of cooler temperature than its surroundings that is generally caused by very strong magnetic fields from the interior well up through the surface. They can be the place of strong eruptions of charged particles, solar flares, or coronal mass ejections. The Sun is near the peak of its 11-year cycle of such activity. This spot is so large that it can be seen without magnification through solar glasses.
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