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File:The Sun at perihelion and aphelion.jpg

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A comparison of the Sun's disc when Earth was closest and farthest from it.

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English: Here's a comparison of the Sun's disc when Earth was closest and farthest from it. Basically speaking, a huge 5 mil km (3 mil mi) difference in distance. Perihelion (left section) image was taken on 02 Jan 2021 and aphelion (right section) shot on 05 July 2021, all using the same camera and scope setup, which is listed below. Both images were shot from Bucharest, Romania.

The "beauty mark" on the lower right of the image is sunspot AR2835

And here are the numbers:

Perihelion distance: approx 147 mil km (91 mil mi) Aphelion distance: approx 152 mil km (94 mil mi) Apparent size difference: 3.3%

Telescope: Orion ED80 apochromatic refractor

Cameras: ZWO ASI178MC
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Author Afdumitriu
Camera location44° 16′ 12″ N, 26° 03′ 36″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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