longevity

both huge southern sunspots are seen apart with protected eye alone. Solitary northern AR4299 is worth mentioning: it is former AR4246 - former AR4274 in its third tour across the solar face, in about four more days it will complete two full rotations to the sun, an extraordinary long life for a sunspot

Newt 4.5" + solar film, 1/640s ISO100

crop, B/C