The Sun today, large groups about to leave - 1 image attached
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William Bottaci
Jul 4, 2026, 6:54:09 AMJul 4
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The Sun today reveals both large previously naked eye groups now about to leave round the western limb.
Altitude 39º
Diameter 31º 28'
Distance 1.017 AU (we're now at the furthest distance from the sun - we are closest in winter, January 3rd and furthest in summer, July 4th, so from today the sun's diameter will slowly be getting larger).
Canon R7 with RF 100-500mm L IS lens with x1.4 tele-extender (700mm), f/10, 1/200 sec, ISO 160, hand-held stabilised. Baader solar film filter.
Due to significant differences in seeing across different parts of the sun's disk, I take a series of 10 photos and look at each image before taking another 10. On this occasion I took 94, with only one good enough, and that was early on. It's a turbulent sky. I could see clouds at two different levels going in different directions, with fast moving swirls between them; a rare sight.
Needs to be viewed at 100% size for the extra detail using any viewer other than a browser, as most if not all show a 'quick' degraded image. Any view of the downloaded image is going to show more detail.
Thank you for looking.
William
=CanR7_095611_M3-160.jpg (159K)=
Altitude 39º
Diameter 31º 28'
Distance 1.017 AU (we're now at the furthest distance from the sun - we are closest in winter, January 3rd and furthest in summer, July 4th, so from today the sun's diameter will slowly be getting larger).
Canon R7 with RF 100-500mm L IS lens with x1.4 tele-extender (700mm), f/10, 1/200 sec, ISO 160, hand-held stabilised. Baader solar film filter.
Due to significant differences in seeing across different parts of the sun's disk, I take a series of 10 photos and look at each image before taking another 10. On this occasion I took 94, with only one good enough, and that was early on. It's a turbulent sky. I could see clouds at two different levels going in different directions, with fast moving swirls between them; a rare sight.
Needs to be viewed at 100% size for the extra detail using any viewer other than a browser, as most if not all show a 'quick' degraded image. Any view of the downloaded image is going to show more detail.
Thank you for looking.
William
=CanR7_095611_M3-160.jpg (159K)=
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