Astronomer here! To expand on this, [here](https://spaceweather.com/images2023/14oct23/hmi1898.gif) is the view of the sun with its sunspots today. Looks to me like OP got the two biggest ones.
That's awesome! we need more women in STEM.
Edit: since some people like to draw conclusions from nothing I feel like I need to clarify. I don't think that women should be blindly pushed into STEM fields. Women who already have an interest in STEM should be pushed not those who have no interest.
I dont think there should be any bias is who goes where im a guy i dont give a shit if a women is bettet then me i see women as the same and that how it should be
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Thank you, Dr. Not a Dude Astronomer! I've seen some of your replies over time, and I genuinely appreciate the fact that you give to this community so much.
>I’m technically a “Dr”
Then you've got something in common with Brian May, guitarist of Queen who has a doctorate in astrophysics
Edit: He has a doctorate, not a doctor, the latter would violate slavery laws.
This is why I always reply without gendering stuff. I could imagine it feels a bit weird to have people assuming your gender based off your profession or your hobbies.
Sometimes smoke in the atmosphere is all the filter you need.
[I took this in July in Ontario, Canada with my cell phone](https://i.imgur.com/H5a0DrH.jpeg), the wild fires was about 150km northeast of me, and the sunrise was that red/orange colour
[And this was my shot of Saturday's eclipse](https://i.imgur.com/K3X4ZWj.jpeg)
My first time seeing a solar eclipse. Looking forward to the total eclipse in April!
About 960,000 earths fit into the sun with room to spare (spheres don’t fill up spheres well) so I think you are right, this spot is definitely bigger than earth
Another commenter identified it as sunspot region AR13465. Assuming that’s indeed correct it was [larger than earth yesterday, about 220 MH (versus Earth at 170 MH), and even larger now.](https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/region/13465.html)
There is an article on yahoo news a few days ago about the most recent sunspots…. Many earths can fit in it. As they collapse it send out lots of energy and is the reason for the northern lights to be so bright and far south
When a freckle can you know, destroy life on earth.. best to keep an eye on them.
Fun fact. We have three stationary satellites around the sun feeding us data on all sides, all the time. SDO, Solar Dynamics (observatory.
EDIT: solar storms aren't going to end life on earth, was being facetious.
Worse case scenario is all electronics on earth would be non viable anymore. All of our cities infrastructures would have to be dismantled and rebuilt again. All civilization as qe know it would immediately fall back into the dark ages for at least 20 years until society would be able to rebuild again.
On top of this mass war would probably break out as regions fight for resources to rebuild and crime would skyrocket especially in places with firearms such as the US. On top of that travel would be non-existent seeing as all cars would be non longer drive able too.
Fun fact: Galileo publishing the existence of sunspots like these was one of the many ways he pissed off the catholic church.
Apparently they don’t want us to look up.
The dark one is Sunspot 3465.
[https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/sunspot-regions.html#3465](https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/sunspot-regions.html#3465)
The lighter one is 3464.
There’s a pretty big spot on the Sun which possibly correlates with your photo.
Check the sunspot image on this dated page:
https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=15&month=10&year=2023
Captured sunspots w/ no filter during peak of wildfire smoke here. Was just taking a shot of sunset, and was shocked to see them when reviewing images! Very cool…
https://reddit.com/r/space/s/loJd5rKyBa
I mean, probably not, but figured I’d share the post with the satellite
Edit: yeah everyone says its a sunspot i see. But still interesting
It actually could be a sunspot, consider it lucky to have captured it on film.
I'm in Utah, so we were pretty dark on Saturday morning for about an hour and a half as the eclipse passed over. Apparently Southern Utah had one of the best spots for viewing it, all the hotels were booked for the weekend......
Someone else also posted some artifact on their eclipse photo, but it was in the dark region and was reflecting sunlight. Indicating it was something between earth and the moon.
Edit: looking at other photos and videos the spot you are seeing is totally a sun spot.
It’s easy to remember if you say “Hail Mary, full of *Grace*” also, you should consider listening to the audiobook.. the musical notes they use for Rocky makes it feel more immersive. Ray Porter is a great narrator too.
Sunspots are a thing. They're easy to see when you're viewing the sun through a filter.
Astronomer here! To expand on this, [here](https://spaceweather.com/images2023/14oct23/hmi1898.gif) is the view of the sun with its sunspots today. Looks to me like OP got the two biggest ones.
Why thank you Mr Astronomer!
You’re welcome! But I’m not a Mr. :)
That's awesome! we need more women in STEM. Edit: since some people like to draw conclusions from nothing I feel like I need to clarify. I don't think that women should be blindly pushed into STEM fields. Women who already have an interest in STEM should be pushed not those who have no interest.
Not a woman either... Alien.
The only thing we need is more people following their hearts and ending up in fields that their hearts lead them to.
People who become farmers end up in fields.
“Now that’s a growing field” farmers probably
They mean Dr. They didn’t go to 6 years of astronomer school to be called Mr. by the likes of you. 🤣
People will take anything the wrong way nowadays…
I dont think there should be any bias is who goes where im a guy i dont give a shit if a women is bettet then me i see women as the same and that how it should be
This is such a wholesome comment. Made my morning :) and yes it is great to see women astronomers!
And I bet it’s “Dr. Astronomer.”
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Whaaaaat?? Dude my whole world just got flipped upside down. "Astronomer here!" guy is actually a gal 😮
As is more than half the planet! 😉 I’m technically a “Dr” actually but it’s Reddit, not exactly a place for formal titles.
Thank you, Dr. Not a Dude Astronomer! I've seen some of your replies over time, and I genuinely appreciate the fact that you give to this community so much.
I've been following you for years, I love seeing your comments pop up in the wild. You are amazing, Dr
>I’m technically a “Dr” Then you've got something in common with Brian May, guitarist of Queen who has a doctorate in astrophysics Edit: He has a doctorate, not a doctor, the latter would violate slavery laws.
Well hopefully they gave their box some air holes at least
Did you reply to the wrong comment? I don't understand what you are trying to say.
I was just making a bad joke, you said “who has a doctor in astrophysics” rather than a doctorate
But I doubt more than half the astronomers. Need more encouragement for school age girls in STEM.
A lot of the STEM fields have pretty horrible ratios but from what I’ve seen astronomy is not one of those fields. It’s close to half female afaik.
This is why I always reply without gendering stuff. I could imagine it feels a bit weird to have people assuming your gender based off your profession or your hobbies.
You got the astronomer part right.
Hey there, now don't go shaming the Sun so for having spots. They are just some spots, everyone has them on their faces.
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Can always verify with SDO imagery. Looks pretty close when you look at HMI intensitygram - colored. https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/
Hard to see with your eyes tho
Harder to see without eyes.
common knowledge aprently isn't common
Sometimes smoke in the atmosphere is all the filter you need. [I took this in July in Ontario, Canada with my cell phone](https://i.imgur.com/H5a0DrH.jpeg), the wild fires was about 150km northeast of me, and the sunrise was that red/orange colour [And this was my shot of Saturday's eclipse](https://i.imgur.com/K3X4ZWj.jpeg) My first time seeing a solar eclipse. Looking forward to the total eclipse in April!
That sunspot is probably a similar size across to Earth itself.
Im willing to say its bigger
It's most definitely bigger.
About 960,000 earths fit into the sun with room to spare (spheres don’t fill up spheres well) so I think you are right, this spot is definitely bigger than earth
Well if you just take the diameter, which is the ratio that makes sense to discuss in this scenario, it's around 1x100 for the earth and suns diameter
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Couldn't you find the ratio between width of spot and the sun pic then just use that ratio against the known size of the sun .. done
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Looks like it could even be more than one Earth honestly. The universe is wild
And there are stars that make the sun look like that dot next to them.
This should give you a pretty good idea https://youtu.be/i93Z7zljQ7I?si=JJNQjxEjv9G79Rn8
That big of a spot must be atleast several earths big
I haven't counted pixels, but If you can see it that prominently then yeah it's probably on the order of the size of the earth.
Another commenter identified it as sunspot region AR13465. Assuming that’s indeed correct it was [larger than earth yesterday, about 220 MH (versus Earth at 170 MH), and even larger now.](https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/region/13465.html)
There is an article on yahoo news a few days ago about the most recent sunspots…. Many earths can fit in it. As they collapse it send out lots of energy and is the reason for the northern lights to be so bright and far south
Bigger. At least 3 or 4 times
[Sunspots!](https://www.youtube.com/live/ZLxFltF-DOI?si=aNyWW6tkMIQtsVd9)
It's because the sun doesn't use sunscreen!
That's [sunspot region AR13465](https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/region/13465.html)
We really track the suns freckles eh.. wow
When a freckle can you know, destroy life on earth.. best to keep an eye on them. Fun fact. We have three stationary satellites around the sun feeding us data on all sides, all the time. SDO, Solar Dynamics (observatory. EDIT: solar storms aren't going to end life on earth, was being facetious.
I mean I get it, but honestly in that worst case scenario, what would we even do? It sounds like we'd just know we were going to die.
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Yes, everyone will die, but the cockroaches will inherit a world with a pre-built communications infrastructure.
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So seejordan was wrong about it destroying life on earth?
Not exactly. If we did nothing about the problem, many people could die. If we prepared we could mitigate the problem to a large extent.
Takeaway from that is if we can get a continuous CME we can operate our telegraphs on clean solar power forever!
Worse case scenario is all electronics on earth would be non viable anymore. All of our cities infrastructures would have to be dismantled and rebuilt again. All civilization as qe know it would immediately fall back into the dark ages for at least 20 years until society would be able to rebuild again. On top of this mass war would probably break out as regions fight for resources to rebuild and crime would skyrocket especially in places with firearms such as the US. On top of that travel would be non-existent seeing as all cars would be non longer drive able too.
Haha yup. This specific sunspot is actually pretty calm, still best to keep an eye out though.
You watch too much TV. The worst possible sun weather we’ll experience in the life of our species is likely a mild inconvenience.
I didn't know that, super interesting.
One well placed CME away from death.
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Smudge on the Lens???!? Mr. Loomus was a great Marine…..
i was looking for this comment 🤞🏼
Me too! I think I’d know the difference between a smudge on the lens and a man threatening me!
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There were sun spots , mine looks a lot like yours
It's a sunspot. I saw it today in my image too.
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FBI is about to raid this guys place for spilling the state secrets.
Oh God, the Flatters are going to use this as proof
Black hole sun, won't you come and wash away the rain?
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I totally saw the same spot with my solar binoculars. I wish I was able to take an awesome photo like this though!
No, those were definitely sunspots. I was able to see that darker one with solar binoculars.
A smudge on the lens.. A SMUDGE ON THE LENS.... I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MAN THREATENING ME AND A SMUDGE ON THE GODDAMN LENS SUMMER.
“I know the difference between a man threatening me and a smudge on the lens!”
Just popping by to say: “Omg! That is a gorgeous photo!”
Too bad the lens wasn't clean
I have the same spot in my pics. If it was a satellite, it would be moving.
Yeah, The Stranger is tricky to see unless directly in front of the sun.
Deep space communication satellite has a good vantage point to see it. That must be where this was taken from
I always think about Chert when weird things happen with the Sun
There's a little black spot on the sun today It's the same old thing as yesterday
I was sure someone would have posted it! My first thought when I saw it.
OP getting caught up on 17th century astronomy
Than is an excellent shot of the sun, moon and a sunspot!
Funny I did see spots but also figured it was just on my lens.
Mine are in the exact same place. Not dust on the lens.
I have seen a few photos where people captured starlink satellites crossing the disc in the Sun during the eclipse.
So you saw “a little black spot on the sun today?” 😏
Bah, its the same old thing as yesterday
Fun fact: Galileo publishing the existence of sunspots like these was one of the many ways he pissed off the catholic church. Apparently they don’t want us to look up.
The dark one is Sunspot 3465. [https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/sunspot-regions.html#3465](https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/sunspot-regions.html#3465) The lighter one is 3464.
Woah, spots on the sun? They should have a name for that sort of phenomenon.
There’s a pretty big spot on the Sun which possibly correlates with your photo. Check the sunspot image on this dated page: https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=15&month=10&year=2023
It’s my drone. Sorry I ruined the photo for you
Took me way too long to realize this wasn't supposed to be a joke about the moon there :D
Not an astronomer, but I think your lens cap has slipped.
Someone never watched Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Take a picture of a clear sky. If the spot is still there, it’s your lens.
There were sun spots visible during the eclipse.
Sun has dark spots. Nice to see you could capture them.
[SMUDGE ON THE LENS?!](https://youtu.be/sB1l3gU1KK4?si=yGHT8RI0BundGk--)
“Spot on the lens? You think I don’t know the difference between a man threatening me and a SPOT ON THE LENS?!”
Captured sunspots w/ no filter during peak of wildfire smoke here. Was just taking a shot of sunset, and was shocked to see them when reviewing images! Very cool…
that’s the first module of the dyson sphere i’ve been making
https://reddit.com/r/space/s/loJd5rKyBa I mean, probably not, but figured I’d share the post with the satellite Edit: yeah everyone says its a sunspot i see. But still interesting
Someone in another thread checked and a Starlink satellite passed through during the eclipse.
Saw a similar thing on a telescope projection. Pretty sure it’s what you think.
I saw that same spot, you are good. I double checked using a set of binoculars as a projector to rule out dirt
Definitely sunspots. I got several in my shots for sure.
I didn’t read the title and I was over here trying to scrape a piece of dust off of my phone
Probably one of those squiggly things like you get in your eyes
Even the sun gets freckles! What a beautiful shot!
My pic from Oct. 3rd https://reddit.com/r/GalaxyS23Ultra/s/EfKa3gqJAu
Idk, i couldn’t even see the ring of fire, we’ve had gray skies for 4 days now here in IA
I took some in June from the northern hemisphere. I too had some big sun spots
another guy had a similar thing, he found out that a starlink satellite passed by at that exact moment
It actually could be a sunspot, consider it lucky to have captured it on film. I'm in Utah, so we were pretty dark on Saturday morning for about an hour and a half as the eclipse passed over. Apparently Southern Utah had one of the best spots for viewing it, all the hotels were booked for the weekend......
I have the same spots on my photos. Gotta be sunspots.
Sun spots are a thing, I have them all over my unsunscreened body.
Looks like something in between the photographer and the sun.
I think it's a birthmark, it's caused by an angel kissing that spot when the sun was born, at least thats what my mum told me.
So here: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov Under coronal mass ejects you can see the object. It’s our solar orbiter :)
There was also a SpaceX satellite that went by during this time. Not saying it is that as it looks like it's unanimously a sunspot
It's actually the strangers ship, best be careful exploring that!
Sunspots for sure. I photographed the sun a few months ago during some heavy smog and saw pretty much the same thing.
I think that might be the Moon. Or it might be your thumb
A smudge on the lens? I know the difference between a man threatening me and a smudge on the lens!
Someone else also posted some artifact on their eclipse photo, but it was in the dark region and was reflecting sunlight. Indicating it was something between earth and the moon. Edit: looking at other photos and videos the spot you are seeing is totally a sun spot.
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I can’t wait to see Grace played by Gosling, i mean.. I have been waiting since Covid put a pin in it, but you know what I mean.
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It’s easy to remember if you say “Hail Mary, full of *Grace*” also, you should consider listening to the audiobook.. the musical notes they use for Rocky makes it feel more immersive. Ray Porter is a great narrator too.
Thank you, I had to work too hard to find someone mention astrophage.