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Community photo entitled New and possibly active sunspot group by Victor Rogus on 01/13/2026 at Sedona, Arizona, USA

New and possibly active sunspot group

On 01/13/2026 10:40 am by Victor Rogus | Website | Sedona, Arizona, USA

A new and possibly active sunspot group will emerge at the circled location this week
For the second time in a week, a significant CME has billowed away from the farside of the sun. The latest appeared during the early hours of Jan.12th following an M3.3-class flare just behind the sun's eastern limb. These events are connected. An actively flaring sunspot group is about to emerge as the sun's rotation turns it to face Earth later this week.

103mm Jagers refractor, Badder Planetarium safety prism, using neutral tensity and a solar continuum filter, Losmandy GM-8 mount. Cannon 60Da camera. 650 FL 12.5 mm eyepiece.

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