past aphelion

Lonely AR4482 exhibits striking light bridges in good seeing conditions; it emited an isolated M4.1-class flare today afternoon that shook briefly above the low B-level activity. The sun was yesterday as far from the Earth at it can be, some 5 million km farther away that in january first week

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

crop, b/c