A big new sunspot (AR4482)

Spaceweather.com reports: A big new sunspot (AR4482) is emerging over the sun's eastern limb. It announced itself on July 4th with an X1.3-class solar flare. Earth is not yet in the strike zone for this sunspot, but we will be soon. It will turn toward our planet this week. This is how it appeared to me this morning, through fair skies. The sun is again peppered with sunspots, but many are too small for my equipment to see.

103mm Jaegers refractor, Baader Planetarium safety prism, using neutral density 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 Jaegers objective lens, bought on e-bay that had damaged coatings. A Moon Lite focuser, a Baader Planetarium Herschel Wedge. It has become my favorite telescope for sunspots!

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