Sunspots

[Kain]

Hey up,

I don't pretend to know alot about these things, but on the image (as visually) yesterday on 960, theres the dark spot, but around it is like a lighter darker area (if that makes sense! )

I know I'm probably being daft, but I'm intrigued.

Kain

[themos]

That's quite common and can be easily seen on your typical larger sunspot. The really dark part is called umbra and the not so dark part, penumbra.

http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/feature1.shtml