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16-JAN-2005 Steve Sprengel

Huge Sunspot

Lincoln, Nebraska

A coronal mass ejection from sunspot 720 on Saturday is expected
to cause aurora at higher latitudes Sunday and Monday evening.

See www.spaceweather.com for more information.

600x600 resize from 700x700 crop.
32 image stack with Registax, with some sharpening.
False color added with ImagesPlus 2.
Additional processing with NoiseNinja and Photoshop CS.

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel ,Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR
1/250s f/8.0 at 300.0mm iso100, with Kenko 2X, hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time16-Jan-2005 13:25:12
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length300 mm
Exposure Time1/250 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modeaverage (1)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program
Focus Distance

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Guest 28-Mar-2008 10:09
Beautiful sunspot. The image is so clean !!