Sunny side up

Sunspots

The Sun with ARs 953 & 954

After many frustrating weeks of poor conditions, things finally let up long enough
for me to catch a few sketches of the Sun with its (also long-awaited) recent
sunspot activity. These sister ARs are quite impressive, and 953 is the largest I’ve
seen in my short observing career. I can’t wait for Solar Maximum! -æ

(Sketches done in graphite pencil (HB & 3B) on 70# sketch paper.)

Andrew English

2 thoughts on “Sunny side up”

  1. Andy,
    Great work on these white light solar sketches
    including the limb darkening and the sunspots.
    Frank

  2. Andy,
    Nice and simle sketch of the limb disk.
    I like more the smaller sketch.
    Peter

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