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| A pair of Sunspots from April 2023 captured with the 127mm Apo Refractor with a Baader white light filter and a QHY high rate video camera. |
" We reprocessed this data captured at the Jodrell Plank Observatory 3 years ago, to show how resolution improves with aperture. When you compare this image with the following image captured in 2026 with the 30mm Seestar S30, you can clearly see 'aperture is king', when it comes to resolving detail on the surface of the Solar Photosphere" - Kurt Thrust current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.
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| Sunspots, faculae, granulation created by thermal cells and limb darkening. Captured in March 2026 with the Seestar S30 at the JPO. |

