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Sunspots 11476 (bottom), 11477, 11478 and a new sunspot (extreme top) that has emerged over the Suns eastern limb, captured with a 80mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam. Solar filter + Revelation IR-cut Filter. 

Captured in Colour mode.

  Sunspot Has Produced M-Class Flares, But No CMEs

A particularly large and complex sunspot appeared over the left limb of the sun on Saturday, May 5, beginning its two-week trek across the face of the star in conjunction with the sun's rotation. The sunspot, dubbed Active Region 1476, has so far produced seven M-class flares and numerous C-class flares, including two M-class flares on May 9, 2012 that peaked at 8:32 EDT and 10:08 EDT. These flares were all short-lived and there were no associated coronal mass ejections, so we do not expect any geomagnetic storms at Earth.
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Sunspots captured with a 80mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam. Solar filter + #12 filter + IR-cut filter.

Sunspots captured with a 80mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam. Solar filter + baader contrast booster filter + IR-cut filter.

Sunspot group 11476 captured with a 80mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam. Solar filter + IR-cut filter.

Ed ~ Only capture today due to bad weather.

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