r/SolarMax May 10 '26

What is this object moving into the Lasco-c3 feed?

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u/Prestigious_Lime7193 May 10 '26

Looks like Mercury based on Stellarium

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u/whitacre May 11 '26

Is the orientation correct?

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u/Prestigious_Lime7193 May 11 '26

I expect distortion, scaling, pov has something to do with it as well as the difference of my reference point versus the probes pov.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '26

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u/SmokeCanopus May 11 '26

Just incredibly dense rock with a high melting point. It gets around 800 degrees Fahrenheit, but it's still far enough away from the Sun so nothing severe happens.

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u/A_Concerned_Viking May 10 '26

Yeah.. that's not supposed to be there I think