Stirling Astronomical Society Gallery

More giant sunspots on the face of the Sun this week. The two sunspots 4491 and 4493 (near the centre of the disk) first appeared as an elongated ring-shaped structure before evolving into two distinct spots connected by a series of smaller structures. Spot 4491 (the left of the pair) is crossed by a number of light bridges.

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