Sunspot 1302

Solar activity is up compared to last year but there still isn't a huge amount going on. This sudden sunny spell tempted me into the garden today to see what was on offer. Here's the Sun as of 10 o'clock this morning:


Much more interesting than the last time I took some sunspot pictures! So much so that I got out the webcam and took some videos of the main sunspot towards the centre (sunspot 1302). The detail has come out quite well:


The conditions were fairly still so I managed to get sharper focus than usual. It makes a change from the Moon!