Yea! A sunspot!

There is a new sunspot emerging on the northeastern limb, described by SpaceWeather as "the biggest active region in months". I just came in from taking a peek (11:50 AM CDT), and the spot is easily visible in my 40mm PST. Go look!

Steve

Steve Mathis said:

There is a new sunspot emerging on the northeastern limb, described by SpaceWeather as "the biggest active region in months". I just came in from taking a peek (11:50 AM CDT), and the spot is easily visible in my 40mm PST. Go look!

Steve

Steve: Thanks for the heads up, the active region is not large but it is certainly more than I have seen for quite some time. I didn't see it at first with my PST but I pointed my 4 inch with a white light filter and it was upfront and obvious, once I knew where to look. I was able to find it and adjust the PST to bring out the detail in the system.

It's definitely worth looking at if you a starved solar observer and have a solar capable scope.

Jon

Hey, not bad! Things are looking up.
A couple decent prominences to boot.
Thanks for the heads up, Steve!
Linton