Catching the Sun

Catching the Sun

Nov 17 I love this picture. It comes from the Flickr Astrophotography group, which is featured in the sidebar of Orbiting Frog. I didn't know that one could capture a sunspot during a sunset but it seems you really can. Go and check out fdecomite's photos and you'll find more from the same sunset as it progresses along. It makes a great set of photos in my opinion. The sunspot seen here is Sunspot 923. It currently on face-on display on the Sun's disc and can be easily seen in a basic projected image of the Sun. It is a about 5 times the size of the Earth and is the large sunspot seen in images of the recent trasnit of Mercury. I will be featuring many images from the Astrophotography group as I spot them and I think this is a great first.