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Big Sunspot Group

SDO sees sunspot group traverse the face of the sun, Aug. 21-26, 2015.
A sunspot group emitted several medium-sized flares as it traversed the face of the sun, as seen in this image captured by NASA's SDO on Aug. 26, 2015.

A large group of sunspots that rotated across the sun over six days, Aug. 21-26, 2015, started out as a single cluster, but gradually separated into distinct groups. This region produced several medium-sized, or M-class, flares, but only one greater than M5-class. These were the only significant spots on the sun during this period. The still image shows the separated group as it appeared on Aug. 26, 2015. Credit: NASA/SDO

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