Sunspot AR2882, although large, has until now been fairly quiet; however, earlier today AR2882 unleashed a strong M class solar flare and coronal mass ejection that is headed towards Earth! The white area is called plage. Two short filaments are also visible to the left of the sunspot.

Lunt 40mm hydrogen-alpha solar telescope, 2.5x Barlow, and ASI290MM camera - all on a SkyWatcher EQ6R mount.

Best 1000 frames of video stacked with AutoStakkert, sharpness and levels adjusted using IMPPG, final tweaks to image and color added using Photoshop.