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Giant unstable sunspot 4 times the size of Earth now visible with naked eye

Por: Newsweek World January 17, 2023

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One of the sunspots facing the Earth is now so large that it can be seen with the naked eye—with proper viewing protection, of course.The sunspot, AR3190, is around four Earths in diameter, according to an infographic on SpaceWeather.com made by Bum-Suk Yeom from Iksan, South Korea, and is twice as large as any of the other sunspots currently facing in our direction.Sunspots are areas of the sun's surface where the magnetic field holds a... + full article



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