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3 minutes ago, William Productions said:

Are there any solar filters I can use to see sunspots?

You can use Baader solar foil to make full aperture white light filter, but at the moment, Sun is at solar minimum (or just finished it) and there are no sun spots to observe. You will need to wait a bit for solar activity to pick up and first sun spots to start appearing before you can look at them.

this image shows current view in white light:

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Just now, William Productions said:

Are there any solar filters I can use to see sunspots?

You will only see sunspots when the sun is active enough and are visible. You can then use you filter to see them. If you want to see solar prominences that cannot be seen using a filter then you need a dedicated solar telescope (Lunt etc)

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1 hour ago, William Productions said:

Are there any solar filters I can use to see sunspots?

Last year there were 281 days with no sunspots, and so far this year there have been 70. During 2011-2015 sunspots were visible nearly every day. I follow this website for solar activity  Space Weather as sunspots are also associated with auroral activity.

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