Sunspots 11th August

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

This is what the sunspots looked like through standard solar film.
It was so hard to get the camera settings just right. A bit more practice and hopefully I can get the images real crisp.
After reading about Dennis's capture of the same spots, I now realise that maybe I should have taken an avi and put it through Registax.
This is just a single frame.

[iceman (Mike)]

I'm not sure that you've captured the spots there jeanette.. the 2 sunspots are near the edge and there's only 2 of them.. your image looks like there's 3?

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

That isn't a full image of the sun. Just a close up of the edge.
I don't know what they could be then, but this is what they look like closer up.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I count 3 spots on this image from space weather.

[h0ughy (David)]

Woo hoo UFO, and two sunspots!

[astroron (Ron)]

The third spot has developed of one of the spots over this last day as there where only two yesterday

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Yep, that's them Jeanette!

Here is yours next to mine so you can see the similarities

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

My pic was taken on the 11th so have they merged together then split again?

[iceman (Mike)]

ah sorry J, I was confused by the vignetting. Yep it looks like you got them. Try a lower power EP, it might be easier to get focus and not as affected by the seeing.

[Robert_T]

great work jjjnettie, looks like a few of the crew were out spotting over the last few days... they look great, must be the first crop on the way to the next solar maximum?

[ving (David)]

nice one jeanette!
well caught

[astroron (Ron)]

Just noticed on the SOHO image that they are back to Two again