Observation by John Hughes: AR12860

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Mr John William Hughes

Observer

John Hughes

Observed

2021 Aug 29 - 07:15

Uploaded

2021 Aug 29 - 15:21

Objects

The Sun

Equipment

Lunt 60mm DS TH⍺/B1200CPT
ZWO ASI174mm and tilt adapter
SkyWatcher EQ6R-Pro
Altair Astro 3x Barlow

Location

North Essex

Target name

AR12860

Title

AR12860

About this image

AR12860. This region is located S29W17 and is an active region comprising 24 sun spots, classified Eki.

It has been producing flare activity, the largest being an M4.8 class flare on 28th August 2021. On Friday 27th August a C3 flares from this region launched a CME that is expected to reach Earth on Monday 30th August 2021.

Files associated with this observation

_07_15_30Z_AR12860_20210829_x3_Inv_RGB.png (1.2 MB)

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Manolo_Rodriguez, Mike Harlow, Peter Mulligan

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