By Mark Wralstad | 2026-08-04
All of today's sunspots have stable magnetic fields
On 08/05/2026 09:03 am by Victor Rogus | Website | Sedona, Arizona, USA
A category five dust storm moved through the area day before yesterday making conditions impossible for astronomy. Category 5 is the highest and most extreme level on the dust storm scale. This morning we are still feeling the effects of that storm, but through the haze we see that the solar disk has several sunspots and all of these sunspots have stable magnetic fields that pose no threat for strong solar flares
103mm Jaegers refractor, Baader Planetarium safety prism, using neutral density and a solar continuum filter, Losmandy GM-8 mount. Cannon 80D camera. 650 FL 25 mm Clave 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!