events

Several sunspots in the western hemisphere, no replacements in the eastern one. At the beginning of april the 4th, the very prolific and centrally located AR4409 emitted a powerful 7.6 M-class flare. Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) continues its plunge towards the sun at the same time Orion spacecraft is traveling at 1.4 km/s towards the Moon and about to cross the half mark at 135.000 miles from Earth. Busy day.

Newt 4.5" + solar film, 1/640s ISO100

crop, b/c