By Bhimeswara Rao Malisetti | 2026-04-23
Growing sunspot 4420
On 04/23/2026 10:04 am by Victor Rogus | Website | Sedona, Arizona, USA
As seen to me this morning, through very cloudy skies, growing sunspot 4420 has a 'beta-gamma' magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class solar flares. Rain is in the forecast for Sedona, but for now.
Spaceweather.com reports: Two sunspots on opposite sides of the sun erupted in quick succession on April 23rd, producing a double M1-class solar flare. Magnetic teleconnections between the two sunspots caused a chain reaction--also known as a "sympathetic flare."
(A rare phenomenon where two or more sunspots or active regions erupt almost simultaneously, connected by large magnetic loops that arch above the solar surface.)
103mm Jagers refractor, Badder Planetarium safety prism, using neutral tensity and a solar continuum filter, Losmandy GM-8 mount. Cannon 80D camera. 650 FL 12.5 mm eyepiece. I am proud of this dedicated solar telescope as I made it myself around a used Jagers objective lens, bought on e-bay that had damaged coatings. A Moon Lite focuser, a Baader Planetarium Herschal Wedge. It has become my favorite telescope for sunspots!