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It's been fun watching this large cluster of sunspots cruise across the sun and change shape over the past several days. It's possible there may be some aurora activity tonight, but not for me ☁️

#sun #sunspots #aurora #timelapse #astrophotography #solarsystem #telescope #touptek #skywatcherUSA

Sun image from 2025-12-05 showing the massive sunspot band in the middle of the disc.

Sun image from 2025-12-08 showing the massive sunspot band two-thirds of the way toward the right edge of the disc.

Sun image from 2025-12-09 showing the massive sunspot approaching the right edge of the disc.

Yesterday's sun! I had seen some images of this massive band of sunspots, so I decided to take some images even though conditions weren't ideal. Hoping for some more aurora magic!

Details: https://www.astrobin.com/7lz38i/

#astrophotography #sun #sunspots #photography #solarsystem #touptek #skywatcherUSA

A full disk monochrome image of the sun, stacked from 750 frames of video and colorized orange. The main feature is a tight band of sunspots right in the middle just below the equator.

Snagged another shot today ~3:15pm local time.

#OurStar #Sunspots #TheSun #AstroPhotography #Seattle #WestSeattle

A close-up image of the sun, showing a bright orange surface with several dark sunspots visible. The background is dark, emphasizing the sun's glow.

DLR warns of possible solar storm from active sunspot regions ☀️⚠️. Heightened solar activity could spark geomagnetic disruptions—stay tuned for updates! https://www.heise.de/en/news/Active-Sunspot-Regions-DLR-Warns-of-Possible-Solar-Storm-11103130.html #SolarStorm #SpaceWeather #Sunspots #Newz

[Alert, alert! 🌟 💥 ] Increased risk of #SolarStorms in the coming days!

Numerous particularly active #sunspots appeared on the surface of the #Sun last weekend. Their total surface area is comparable to that of the sunspots observed by British astronomer Richard #Carrington on September 1, 1859. An event that gave rise to the strongest solar storm in recent centuries.

Follow real-time updates
☀️ on the Sun's surface: https://meteo-espace.irap.omp.eu/new_home
🌡️ on the space weather report: https://meteo-espace.irap.omp.eu/new_bulletins

Active sunspots on the surface of the Sun

Although seeing conditions weren't the best, today offered the first opportunity in quite some time for us to see Sun! Shooting between passing clouds, with our DSLR rig, we visually observed the expansive train of sunspots in the southern Solar hemisphere. For all of its impressive size, the enormous sunspot complex remains quiescent -- despite its potential for X-Class flares! 1/2

#sunspots #sun #astronomy #solarastronomy #spaceweather

White disk of the Sun photographed against the blackness of space. Several areas of sunspots show against the brighter background.

First time I have seen the Sun in weeks! Check out that group of sunspots!

#astronomy
#sun
#nature
#astrophography
#photography
#smartphoneastronomy
#sunspots

Not the best resolution, but here’s an image I captured of the sun today, with a cluster of sunspots rotating into view — including the largest sunspot recorded in a decade, over 10 times the size of the Earth. This could mean more intense solar flares heading our way, and farther-reaching auroras (it’s more likely that NYC’s light pollution or cloudy skies will spoil my view, but I continue to hope!).

#photography #astrophotography #sun #sunspots

Photo of the sun with sunspots, edited to be a yellow disk surrounded by a reddish glow against a black background. The sunspots are in a cluster on the left (western) side of the solar surface.

Taken with an iPhone 15 attached to a Celestron 130mm reflector telescope fitted with a solar filter. Edited in Snapseed.

If you have eclipse glasses handy to look at the Sun safely, check out the big sunspot group today: these spots are big enough to see without magnification.

Picture taken with 600mm zoom and NiSi solar filter.
#Sun #Sunspots

Picture of the Sun on December 3 2025, with a large sunspot group in the lower part of the image.

A reminder that today we have massive sunspots so it’s a good time to back up your computer and maybe put the drive into a faraday cage…
#sunspots #adulting

Spectacular #Sunspots visible in this stacked picture of the Sun, taken from North Oxfordshire in the UK today. There are two very (very!) large sunspots visible in the lower third of the disk. Leftmost is 4296 and next to it is 4294. The ‘small one’ to the right is 4298 and that’s about the size of Earth. 4294 and 96 are getting some attention as they are very big and chucking out X flares.
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The Sun photographed today Dec 3rd 2025 from North Oxfordshire in the UK. There are two very large sunspots visible in the lower left third of the suns disk. To the right is a smaller sunspot, but still the size of Earth. Lots of granulation is also visible on the ‘surface’ of the Sun

Great darkness is coming ... huge #sunspots galore rotating onto the disk now as in https://jsoc1.stanford.edu/data/hmi/images/latest/HMI_latest_Int_4096x4096.gif from 25 minutes ago. We knew what was in store: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10236046194988615 and https://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=26&month=11&year=2025 - Perseverance on Mars has a view of the 'far side' right now and saw the groups a few days ago with its non-astronomy camera.

The sunspot that made the auroras

Our inland view of the aurora borealis competing with suburban light pollution the night of November 12, 2025. The aurora on the previous night was stronger, raising excitement worldwide; it was cloudy here that night.

Here are some views of the sunspot 
that blew off the CMEs 
that caused the geomagnetic storms
 that made the auroras 
that raised all the hubbub this week.

The sunspot at Active Region 4274 is responsible for all the action. Where we show two sunspots, the smaller one (bottom edge) is AR4275.  The first view is in hydrogen-alpha light, the second and third views are in white light; yellow-orange tones are false color applied in processing.

Sunspots and prominences shown via hydrogen-alpha light, false color added.A white light view of AR4274 (top) and much smaller AR4275 (bottom), false color applied.AR4272 close up, with interesting patterns emerging in both the umbra and penumbra areas of the larger spot. Strong winds at the time of imaging reduced resolution somewhat.Here’s a white light image of Sun we made this morning depicting very Active Region 4274 and its less busy neighbors. Rotation is a bit off — rotated southward — but left alone for composition purposes. AR4274 is responsible for a series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that resulted in two nights of auroral displays that excited observers worldwide.

#2025 #astronomy #aurora #auroraBorealis #solar #sun #sunspots

I’m on astrophotographer Andrew James McCarthy’s email list and he’s released a stunning image called “The Fall of Icarus”: a skydiver captured in free fall against the surface of the sun, possibly the first photo ever taken of human-sunspot transit. Just incredible!

Instagram video:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRAV8WGgX4p/

On his website:
https://cosmicbackground.io/pages/ea_the-fall-of-icarus

Just wanted to share. I don’t think he’s on the fediverse so I guess this is how I boost.😊

#astrophotography #sun #sunspots #silhouette

Solar flares, #sunspots, and geomagnetic storms—oh my! 🌞🔭 Apparently, we need a PhD in #Astrophysics just to understand this avalanche of jargon about cosmic burps. 🙄 After all, what's a little G4 storm when we're already drowning in acronyms? 🌌😂
https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/news/view/593/20251111-x5-1-solar-flare-g4-geomagnetic-storm-watch.html #SolarFlares #GeomagneticStorms #CosmicJargon #HackerNews #ngated

X5.1 solar flare, G4 geomagnetic storm watch
https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/news/view/593/20251111-x5-1-solar-flare-g4-geomagnetic-storm-watch.html
#ycombinator #SpaceWeatherLive #Live #Aurora #Auroral_activity #Aurora_Australis #Aurora_Borealis #northern_lights #Solar_wind #Kp_index #Space_Weather #Space_Weather_Updates #Aurora_forecast #Space_Weather_Alerts #Solar_activity #Solar_flares #Sunspots #Aurora_alert #The_Sun #SDO #STEREO #EPAM #DSCOVR

Massive sunspot region 4274 (and friends) today as seen from West Seattle. Busted out my Meade ETX-90 for this. Need to make a solar filter for my 120 to see what kind of detail I might get.

#LookUp #sunspots #TheSun #SolarNeighborhood #OurStar #Seattle #WestSeattle #AstroPhotography

A close-up image of the Sun against a dark background, showcasing its bright orange surface with several dark sunspots visible.

Solar captures for today!

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#sunspots
#astronomy
#photography
#astrophotography
#smartphoneastronomy

Solar activity went high this week with, especially, AR4274 firing off a powerful X1.8 flare with a partial halo CME. A wind-roiled atmosphere at our site reduced imaging quality for us but Sun’s northeast rim was still an impressive sight. This view via our Herschel wedge. #sun #solarobserving #sunspots #astronomy

As the sun angle gets lower in the sky, my time window for solar imaging from my primary telescope spot is getting shorter and shorter. In the summer, I can take images from sunrise until probably 4 or 5pm, but this time of year I only have until maybe noon. This image was taken on October 25th.

Full resolution + details: https://www.astrobin.com/yoz1rh/

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