It's relatively uncommon to have a spot this big - maybe a few times per 11 year solar cycle. I spotted it yesterday with my bare eyes through thin clouds and the tinted portion of my windshield. It is very prominent. As an amateur radio operator, it's AWESOME! It's causing some amazing RF propagation for world-wide radio communications. Jared On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Kelly Ricks <kellyalenericks@gmail.com> wrote:
It's clear (and CCCOLD) out here in Ohio. I put on my eclipse shades for a peek at the sun and was amazed to easily see a big sun spot group without any magnification. I'll admit, I don't look at the sun daily, but I've never been able to observe surface detail on the sun without magnification before. Does anyone here know if such a big feature is common?
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