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colinsk
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Did anyone see a white spot just south of the equator on the east limb today? I am wondering if it is a sunspot trying to form?
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Colin Kaminski
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darkstar528
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I looked hard twice, I didn't...
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colinsk
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I just looked up tilting sun and realized that the PST is flipped north to south.  So it would have been just north of the equator.
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Colin Kaminski
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colinsk
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I think it is this feature here:
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Colin Kaminski
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Edited by colinsk (03/09/08 09:32 PM)
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darkstar528
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Maybe I did! LOL I may have seen it before the plage lit up but I do remember that spot standing out enough to sketch...
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Andy D
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Hi Colin / Stephen,
That bright plage certainly stood out when I viewed the sun today. Here's a rushed pic of it. The shot's not great, it was shot through cirrus.
andy
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darkstar528
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Nice!...Hoping for some time here shortly!
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Stephen "Darkstar" Ames
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colinsk
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Thank you Andy. I was not sure what to call it.
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Colin Kaminski
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BobH1357
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I was out observing on West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz yesterday between 12:30 and 2:30, and saw the bright spot you're talking about as well. I thought it to be a flare, as it got slightly brighter after I first arrived then gradually dimmed until it was gone by the time I left.
Seeing was excellent from there, with some hazey clouds occasionally.
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darkstar528
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I saw that spot this morning and one on the opposite side of the disk as well!
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Stephen "Darkstar" Ames
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colinsk
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Space Weather:
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New sunspot 985, which emerged late on March 10th, is already disappearing over the sun's western limb.
This is the same feature I saw on 3/9, when does it become a sun spot? Did this ever look dark in white light? Next time I will have to view in both. 
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Colin Kaminski
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