Things on the Sun: Zipper, Airplane and Spots
9 Jul 2012, 18:37 UTC
Fred Locklear
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Caption: ISS Solar Transit. Credit: Fred Locklear.A couple of awesome pictures of the Sun today from amateur astrophotographers: Above is a composite view of the International Space Station transiting across the Sun, making it look like a zipper on the Sun’s face. This great image is by Fred Locklear (zAambOni on Flickr) using a Celestron C6-N and a SPC900NC webcam. Also visible is the big region of sunspots that spewed out dozens of flares this past week. Fred took this image on July 1, 2012.What else can we find on the Sun? (...)Read the rest of Things on the Sun: Zipper, Airplane and Spots (172 words)© nancy for Universe Today, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Post tags: Astrophotos, sun Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh
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