%sessionEntities; ]> David Pearson davep@davep.org http://www.davep.org/ 2006-11-12T13:35Z 2006-11-12T13:45Z Billingborough South Lincolnshire, UK 52.893649 -0.340233 10 Naked Eye Solarscope 10.8 La Crosse WS3600 6.1 La Crosse WS3600 73 La Crosse WS3600 1.3 La Crosse WS3600 West La Crosse WS3600 1016.0 La Crosse WS3600 Sun Sunspots

Mostly overcast day with some rain at times. Had a brief clear spell (although quite hazy) so took the Solarscope out to do a quick sunspot count.

2006-11-12T13:35Z 2006-11-12T13:45Z Sun

Just the 1 sunspot on the Sun today: in active area 923. Huge umbra with a really deep penumbra. I think this might actually be the biggest sunspot I've seen since I started active solar observing.

Given the size of the spot I grabbed a pair of eclipse shades and checked the Sun with the naked eye and managed to see the spot with no trouble at all.