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The Sun in white light.

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English: The Sun photographed on the 8th of May, 2019 in white light (true color). Sunspots AR2740 (to the right) and AR2741 (to the left) visible. Some other interesting features include faculae, white spots near AR2741, limb darkening, and tiny convection cells called granules all across its surface.
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current14:15, 19 August 2023Thumbnail for version as of 14:15, 19 August 20233,379 × 3,379 (3.51 MB)MotloAstro (talk | contribs)higher contrast, crop
13:19, 1 October 2022Thumbnail for version as of 13:19, 1 October 20223,648 × 3,648 (3.98 MB)MotloAstro (talk | contribs)The sun isn't perfectly white, to be so, it would have to be an F-type star with a temperature of more than 6000°K. See https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/a-hex-on-star-colors or https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/HR-diag-no-text-2.svg/800px-HR-diag-no-text-2.svg.png
08:01, 16 September 2022Thumbnail for version as of 08:01, 16 September 20223,648 × 3,648 (2.13 MB)CactiStaccingCrane (talk | contribs)Reduce saturation, as the edge of the Sun is also purely white. I intentionally kept some of the saturation in however as the Sun isn't completely white, it is ever slightly orange
14:04, 11 July 2022Thumbnail for version as of 14:04, 11 July 20223,648 × 3,648 (3.98 MB)CactiStaccingCrane (talk | contribs)brighten to clipping
14:37, 16 November 2021Thumbnail for version as of 14:37, 16 November 20213,648 × 3,648 (3.27 MB)MotloAstro (talk | contribs)more accurate white balance
14:31, 1 October 2020Thumbnail for version as of 14:31, 1 October 20203,648 × 3,648 (3.82 MB)MotloAstro (talk | contribs)Uploaded own work with UploadWizard

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