Sunspots

It has been such a long time since I hav photographed sunspots that I had almost forgotten how to do it. However there are now three active regions on the Sun and in an unusual coincidence it was possible to see the Sun unobscured by clouds for a large part of the day!

I attempted both afocal coupling and prime focus photographs with different cameras and different 'scopes. The afocal shots were suprisingly good but of course prime focus yielded the better results.

Here's AR987, 988 and 989...







And here's a passing atmospheric...



And here's me taking the shots...