Breathtaking 'Fuzzy' Sun Photos Captured by Astrophotographer

By Khushi thakur JULY 08, 2024

Solar Flares

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This image of the Sun's surface was captured using a Lunt 100MT telescope on a TTS-160 mount with an Apollo M-Mini camera. The astrophotographer, Mark Johnston, took the photograph from his backyard in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Cause Aurora

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Due to Sun unleashing its solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that results in  stunning aurora displays.

AR3737

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This is the center active region of the Sun where intense magnetic fields, solar flares, and looping flows of plasma are present, this region is named as AR3737.

Active Region

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This image of the Sun showcase active solar regions displaying solar prominences, flares, sunspots, filaments and spicules all change.

Massive Loop

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Mark captured this image from his home in Scottsdale, showcasing a massive looping prominence on the Sun. This prominence is so large that dozens of Earths could fit within it. Such formations result from the Sun's magnetic field lines.

Claw Like Structure

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This solar prominence is in a 'claw-like' structure a fascinating capture on 1 July 2024. The number of solar flares increases approximately every 11 years.

X-Flare

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The biggest and strongest flares of the Sun are called  "X-class flares" based on their strength. The smallest ones are A-class (near background levels), followed by B, C, M and X.  

Major Solar Flare

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A large sunspot named 2673 was the source of a powerful solar flare and CME in decades on Sep 6, 2017, resulting in a shortwave radio blackout in many regions on Earth. 

White Light View

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Sun appeared like this through Mark telescopes on February 29, 2024, in both H-alpha and white light. Captured by a Lunt 100MT telescope for the H-alpha view and my TEC160FL telescope equipped with a Lunt Herschel wedge for the white light view.

Solar Prominence

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Solar prominence of the Sun are held above the Sun’s surface by strong magnetic fields and can loop hundreds of thousands of miles into space.