By Kevan Hubbard | 2026-07-16
There are Two Numbered Sunspots
On 07/16/2026 08:28 am by Victor Rogus | Website | Sedona Arizona, USA
Through mostly cloudy skies we see that, there are two numbered sunspots on the solar disk this morning, and both of these sunspots are stable and quiet.
However: Spaceweather.com reports, Europe's Solar Orbiter is currently stationed over the farside of the sun, and it is seeing two large sunspots. One of them is crackling with M1-class solar flares, according to the spacecraft's onboard X-ray detector. These sunspots will turn toward Earth within a week.
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!