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Community photo entitled Complex sun by Patricio Leon on 09/30/2025 at Santiago, Chile

Complex sun

On 09/30/2025 10:43 am by Patricio Leon | Santiago, Chile

Sunspots AR 4236 and pair AR4230/39 have continue growing in size of dark cores and complexity in the last day, both are now about 7 by 3 Earths, plus, both have delta magnetic components which can produce X-class flares; meanwhile, high Kp index (6) and solar wind speed (650 km/s) maintain the aurora display

Newt 4.5" + solar film, 1/500s ISO100

crop, B/C