Sun spot 2706 (21/04/2018)

Sun spot number 2706 taken on 21st April 2018 at about 13:20.

This is the first solar image of the year for me and it shows a nice amount of detail. The umbra and penumbra are nicely defined with extended faculae radiating out. The sunspot was near the solar limb to not close enough for me to comfortable place it in one frame. I like to do this because it give a better sense of scale (relative to the diameter of the Sun).

Image take with my Skymax 150 (no Barlow lens) on a Eq5-Pro mount (with pillar). The camera was a Canon 550D in 60fps movie crop mode ISO 100, 1/200 sec exposure.