The earth reached perihelion (closest to the sun) at 6:28 am MST this morning (04 January). This picture was taken with an Orion 80mm ED refractor and Lunt solar wedge at 11:19 am. The perihelion distance is 91.4 million miles, which is 3% smaller than the aphelion (farthest) distance of 94.5 million miles.
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