{"id":1120,"date":"2011-08-01T18:30:08","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T10:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2015-04-05T10:36:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T02:36:09","slug":"2011-aug-01-large-sunspots-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/2011\/08\/2011-aug-01-large-sunspots-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Aug 01 Large Sunspots Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1121\" style=\"width: 655px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20110801_sunspot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"491\" class=\"wp-image-1121 size-full\" alt=\"Three sunspots of Solar Cycle 24 were captured without any filter at sunset from Seri Kenangan Beach, Tutong on August 01, 2011. (Canon EOS 400D Lens EF-S18-135mm f\/3.5-5.6 IS Focal Length 135.0mm)\" src=\"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20110801_sunspot.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20110801_sunspot.jpg 655w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20110801_sunspot-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20110801_sunspot-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three sunspots of Solar Cycle 24 were captured without any filter at sunset from Seri Kenangan Beach, Tutong on August 01, 2011. (Canon EOS 400D Lens EF-S18-135mm f\/3.5-5.6 IS Focal Length 135.0mm) by Hazarry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Bandar Seri Begawan<\/strong> &#8211; The current sun is increasingly active with larger sunspots and the number increasing. Local\u00a0solar observers are encourage to look at these sunspots safely with solar filters within this few days (Warning: Do NOT look at the sun directly).<\/p>\n<p>As it can be seen from the photograph below, the sunspots appeared dark but in fact they are not. They were just appear dark by contrast. These\u00a0regions can reach between 1100 to 2500 degrees Celcius and cooler than the surrounding surface.<\/p>\n<p>These spots were capable of producing X-class solar flares which can effectively\u00a0damage the man-made communication\u00a0satellites but also\u00a0interestingly producing green auroras around the Earth&#8217;s poles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandar Seri Begawan &#8211; The current sun is increasingly active with larger sunspots and the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,61],"tags":[69,88],"class_list":["post-1120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-gallery","tag-solar","tag-sunspot","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}