December 20, 2012

Several sunspots visible, all below the center of the disc. 

November 26, 2012

 

A group, almost a chain, of sunspots is visible today at about 1 o'clock from center.  A small sunspot is also visible near the bottom of the disk.

November 18, 2012

Sun is getting active with several sunspots observed.

October 22, 2012

Sun getting a bit more active.

October 8, 2012

One smallish spot visible.

September 27, 2012

Several small sunspots visible today - maybe the Sun's getting a bit active again.

September 20, 2012

Just a small sunspot in this photo:

September 11, 2012

Just 1 small sunspot in photo taken September 11, 2012.

August 26, 2012

A few sunspots visible today.

July 21, 2012

I saw a very small sunspot that is not visible in the photo.

July 12, 2012

Follow-up photo of large sunspot group taken today.

Close-up of today's sunspot group

July 11, 2012

Quite a huge group of sunspots in today's photo. Major solar activity reported, see for example http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2170985/The-suns-solar-flares-getting-stronger--latest-hot-spot-size-15-Earths-strung-together.html?ITO=1490

July 6, 2012

Follow-up photo on the July 4th photos using my stronger telescope.  The sunspot group seen two days ago is still prominent on the upper right hand corner of the solar disk. Other spots are visible on the upper left hand corner and at about 5 o'clock on the Sun's limb.

July 4, 2012

Quite a few sunspots visible in the photos shown below.  Many M-class flares reported in recent days: http://www.universetoday.com/96161/fireworks-from-the-sun/ .

 

June 18, 2012

Several sunspots near the top of the Sun's disc.

May 31, 2012

A few spots were observed this evening, just 5 days before the Venus transit. I also noticed multiple pinhole camera-like images of the Sun's disc shining through my blinds.

May 27, 2012

A few spots visible in today's photo.  Only 9 days until the Venus transit.

May 20, 2012

Quite a few sunspots in today's photo.

May 12, 2012

Two photos, a whole disk and a close-up of the same major sunspot group that I have been posting photos for the past few days, projected onto a sheet of matte photo paper from my Meade ETX-125 telescope.

May 11, 2012

This sunspot is so big, it even shows up when I project the Sun's image onto a piece of paper through an old pair of 7x50 binoculars.

May 10, 2012

Huge sunspot this time around. Heard about this sunspot in the news. Here's a link.

May 6, 2012

Some sunspot activity seen in today's photo on the day after the Super Moon of Cinco de Mayo 2012.

April 28, 2012

Much less active than my previous posting. Photo taken April 28, 2012.

April 19, 2012

Quite a few sunspots seen in today's photo. A moderate solar flare was in the news three days ago: http://news.yahoo.com/spectacular-solar-flare-erupts-sun-210801024.html

April 13, 2012

I detected a couple sunspots near the center of the Sun's disc visually. I needed to do brightness and contrast enhancements to make those sunspots show up in the photo shown above.

April 7, 2012

Photo shows sunspot on upper left.

April 3, 2012

Photo shows a fuzzy sunspot on lower center.

March 30, 2012

I saw a report about another solar tornado on the Internet very recently. Such a report is found at

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57406945-76/massive-solar-tornado-caught-on-film/ .

Therefore, I took my telescope out this morning to check for sunspots. I found a fairly good sized one and took the photo shown above.

March 21, 2012

No sunspots found today but the abnormally warm/hot weather is continuing.

March 14, 2012

Note there is a group of spots on March 11, 2012 in photo on the left. Two of the remaining photos show a fairly large spot, both taken March 12, 2012. The remaining two photos, taken March 13, 2012, show no sunspots.

Photos taken March 11-13, 2012.

My SPF-120 Sun Blog

Blog of the Sun's activity in 2012 taken with one of my digital cameras using
one of my telescopes. The Sun is expected to attain sunspot maximum in 2013,
meaning that significant activity is expected during the June 5-6, 2012 Venus
transit and also around the end of the Ancient Mayan calendar on December 21,
2012.