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esmozz said:
The surface of the sun in the picture seems to have a texture - does anyone reckon that's convection patterns on the surface or just noise?
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Granulation its caused by convection cells of rising and falling plasma the bright part in the middle is the rising and the darker part on the edges is where its falling. The same applies to sunspots the darker areas are a couple thousand degrees cooler and hence appear darker
 
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Rroff said:
Venus very bright this morning can almost see features with the naked eye.
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It’s pretty much opposite us at the moment (till it goes behind the sun) so you’re getting a very well lit planet:

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