This image of the sun, taken on April 29, 2011, shows a couple of active regions. AR 1195 is on the left and a portion of AR 1199 is on the right. The long thread-like structure beside AR 1195 is called a filament and the bright white area below AR 1199 is called a plage. Telescope: Lunt Solar Systems LS60THa/B1200CPT Accessories: TeleVue 2.5x Powermate Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G performance tuned by Astrotroniks Camera: Imaging Source DMK31 Exposure: 1/77sec. Gain: 566 Acquisition: IC Capture.AS (Uncompressed AVI) Processing: Registax 6 (best 500/3000) Post-processing: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Date(s): April 29, 2011 Conditions: Poor seeing; windy; moderate turbulence Location: Hendersonville, TN, USA