By Mohammed Abdallah | 2026-05-06
All of these sunspots have stable magnetic fields
On 05/07/2026 09:47 am by Victor Rogus | Website | Sedona, Arizona, USA
Spaceweather.com reports: That the sun is quiet now, but flare probabilities will increase beginning May 8th as one or two sunspots rotate into view from beyond the sun's eastern limb. Recent farside eruptions seen in coronagraph imagery suggest that these sunspots may be capable of both M-class and X-class solar flares.
And as seen to me this morning, all of these sunspots have stable magnetic fields unlikely to produce strong solar flares.
103mm Jagers refractor, Badder Planetarium safety prism, using neutral tensity and a solar continuum filter, Losmandy GM-8 mount. Cannon 80D camera. 650 FL @ prime focus. 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!