by Christoph Petermann

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I had the chance to attach my camera to a real good telescope. And this is what I got ! The large spot group is NOAA 0656. Strange this high activity close to the sunspot minimum. When comparing to others, this image is of very good quality. It is a crop out of a much larger frame.

Instruments:

• Camera: NIKON D70 Digital SLR
• Telescope: VIXEN ED 102SS 102mm / f=660mm
• Date: 14 August 2004
• Time: 18:52 CEST (MESZ)
• Exposure time: 1/1000s
• ISO: 200

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