a year in solar maximum

the above image is a stack of 259 individual shots taken in the same number of days during 2024 to depict the sun during cycle 25 maximum, missing shots were mainly due to bad weather plus some owing to work issues or holidays. The northern belt gathers the biggest spots of the year which appeared in february, august, october and november, the southern belt congregates the main number of sunspots as it was consistently favored during the year; the peak of this cycle may have ocurred already in july/august since the number of sunspots has not reached again that number, next months will confirm or deny it.

Newt 4.5" + solar film

crop, B/C, stack Ps 2017