Sunspots on 8/7/23

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Sunspots on 8/7/23

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Good morning everyone,
Sunspots this morning at 08:00 l.t.

hope you like it and thanks for looking



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Hi Marios. A very fine sketch of the solar active regions from you here. I enjoyed the annotation and you drew the giant AR3663 nicely. Thanks for sharing your latest astro art with us on here Marios and looking forward to seeing more of your work soon.
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Nice drawing indeed, thanks!
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Great skills as always Marios, a wonderful sketch
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Nice and very detailed sketch, I like it!
It is rather crowded out there on the Sun, nice you sketched them all in good detail.
Magnifying the image tells me so. Great!
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Hi Marios! Nice sketch! It’s difficult for me to tell it’s a sketch! Very fine work Marios! Thanks for sharing your art with us!
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Re: Sunspots on 8/7/23

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Very nice sketch Marios and many details are visible. Outstanding observing and rendering of the spots! Congratulations on the VROD for the day!
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Excellent! Great level of details. Congrats on the VROD
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Re: Sunspots on 8/7/23

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well done , look like a photo , thx .
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Very nice sketch, clearly you are dedicated to your craft!
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