Tuesday 8 March 2011

AR11166-AR11169


AR11166-AR11169, originally uploaded by Mark Townley.

Possibly the last day of good weather for me for a while - Atlantic weather rolls back into the UK again from wednesday! The seeing conditions weren't too good this afternoon but I did manage to get this snap: Behemoth active region 11166 is seen in the bottom right of the frame, with smaller ar11169 following it mid frame. Both active regions show intense magnetic fields surrounding them. To make the perfect frame there was a lovely diffuse prom on the limb.

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