Six Sunspots

Pleasant Observing Conditions

Although the sky over my Virginia observing site remained hazy from Canadian wildfire smoke on June 5th, only a few widely scattered clouds were present. Occasional light breezes and temperature ranging from 63 to 67 degrees made morning observing conditions very pleasant. The Sun presented six sunspots and several filaments shown in the following 23-panel full disc mosaic. Solar activity is continuously increasing!

The previous image was processed to show disc features. Details show well when you click on the image to enlarge it. Different processing reveals prominences around the solar limb in the next image where the disc is, consequently, overexposed.

Four sunspot areas along with filaments and a prominence are shown in the next scenic portion of the solar landscape. From left to right are active area 3327, then elongated sunspot group 3323, then large umbra 3321. The small umbra of sunspot 3320 is in the upper right corner.

A slightly different region is portrayed in the next image which shows the dark umbra of sunspot 3326 in the upper left corner along with 3323, 3321 and 3320. Sunspot 3325 sits near the right edge.

View the next image of 3323 and 3321 at full size to see complex structure in best detail.

A diffuse filament floated near the top of Sun. The 2nd inverted image emphasizes cloud-like filament elevation.

Filaments across the disc float nicely above the surface in the next inverted disc portrait which shows best at full size.

I was able to capture images for only one hour before increasing clouds closed the observing window. Images showed good detail in spite of mediocre seeing.