There is a monster set of Sunspots on our local star at the moment, incl. this beast that is in its centre.

We sometimes take for granted that we have a Sun …. But when we think about it, there is a star - A STAR - just sitting there in our sky. It’s so close to us that it gives us light, heat and drives the weather systems.

It’s so close, that we can see features on its surface - these are sunspots, and there are plenty of them at the moment … including that huge one that is centred. Note how it has an inner dark region and an outer less dark region.

Caught these between the cloud breaks a few mins ago using my Seestar S50.

Remember folks - never look or image the sun without proper equipment!