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Re: (meteorobs) Solar Flare
> I took my binos (WITH SOLAR FILTERS) outside to see if I could see any
> evidence of sunspots. Sure enough, there was a pair of them at about 12
> oclock, about 2/3 rds of the way out from the center of the Sun. They looked
> like a binary star system on a negative, with one being small and the other
> tiny (only just visible through my 15 x 80's).
Hello;
There are 2 groups on the disk, I used my 80mm refractor and projection
from the university this morning at 1100 UT. They are ok looking in
the sense that there are spot :)
We are - ughh - overcast and may miss the event if any...
Clear skies...
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