Category: - My Stardust Observatory

~ Large sunspot group AR 4079 on 8th May 2025 ~

5/8/2025

~ Sunspot AR4079 ~

Large sunspot group AR 4079 is now heading toward the western limb of the Sun; it’s quite amazing that this area on the solar surface has not released all that energy!

Images were taken with the little Seestar S50 telescope with attached solar filter (as shown) twenty images were captured and stacked in Registax6 and processed in PS.

~ Wow! The Sun with huge sunspot AR 4079 on 6th May 2025 ~

5/6/2025

Wow! Sunspot AR 4079
Wow! That sure is a huge sunspot on the surface of the Sun :-o

We’ll just have to wait and see whether it is going to unleash its awesome power in the next couple of days :-)

Images were taken with a Seestar S50 telescope with attached solar filter, 20 images captured then stacked in RegiStax6 and processed in PS. The second image is magnified x2 times.

~ The Sun with large active sunspot group AR 4048 on 5th April 2025 ~

4/5/2025

The solar surface is showing a lot of activity, with active sunspot AR 4048 being the most spectacular!

Images were taken with a Seestar S50 telescope with attached solar filter. Twenty images captured then stacked in RegiStax6 and processed in PS.

~ Our Sun today on 14th March 2025 with lots of Sunspots ~

3/14/2025

~ Our Sun today on 14th March 2025 with lots of Sunspots ~

We had a lovely clear day today; this was after all the shocking weather with Cyclone Alfred, so out came my little Seestar S50 telescope to take a picture of the Sun ;-D

Tonight we are going to be blessed with a partial lunar eclipse just after the Sun has set its going to be exciting to see what it looks like rising low in the Eastern sky already eclipsed…I hope it stays clears!

Twenty images were captured, then stacked in RegiStax6 and processed in PS.

~ Large active sunspot AR3998 heading toward western limb of Sun ~

2/24/2025

~ Large active sunspot AR 3998 heading toward the western limb of Sun 24th February 2025 ~

We had a very rare clear sunny day to view this large sunspot AR 3998 on the surface of the Sun, image taken with a Seestar S50 telescope. Twenty five images were captured and stacked in RegiStax6 and processed in PS.

~ Huge sunspot AR 3981 on surface of Sun 6th February 2025 ~

2/6/2025

Finally got a break in the clouds to capture some images of this huge sunspot AR 3981 on the surface of the Sun…it’s a beauty :-D

Images were taken with a Seestar S50 telescope with attached solar filter; twenty images were stacked in RegiStax6 and processed n PS.

~ Large sunspot AR 3961 on western limb of Sun 26th January 2025 ~

1/26/2025

Large sunspot AR 3961 now on the western limb of the Sun.

There are a few smaller sunspots sprinkled across the surface but other than that, the solar surface is now looking quite quiet. I’ve had to take these images through some high cloud today, as I wanted to get AR 3961 before it disappeared from view.

Images were taken with a Seestar S50 telescope with attached solar filter; twenty images were stacked in RegiStax6 and processed n PS.

~ Huge Sunspot on surface of Sun (AR 3961) 20th January 2025 ~

1/20/2025

We are having a heat wave at the moment at 35degrees so so hot to be taking pictures of our Sun! But there is a huge sunspot AR 3961 right in the middle of the solar surface, this is one we’ll have to watch out for as its been reported as one of the biggest active sunspots of Cycle 25.

Images were taken with a Seestar S50 telescope with attached solar filter; twenty images were stacked in RegiStax6 and processed n PS.

Active sunspots AR3959 & AR3961 on surface of Sun 17th January 2025

1/17/2025

~ Large Sunspots ~

This is the first clear day we’ve had in a long time and it’s nice to see some large sunspots again on the solar surface.

It appears that a new sunspot has developed just away from the centre of the Sun. It doesn’t appear to have a designated number as yet, but it’s quite an interesting shape with tiny sunspots joining two slightly larger sunspots…they look to be definitely connected!

Images were taken with a Seestar S50 telescope with attached solar filter; twenty images were stacked in RegiStax6 and processed n PS.

~ The solar surface on the 5th January 2025 ~

1/5/2025

The Sun has a sprinkling of sunspots all over its surface from the east to the west; the images were taken with a Seestar S50 telescope with attached solar fitter.

I captured these images using a different method by using the RAW video file feature within the Seestar S50 telescope, then stacking within the telescope.

The RAW video file captured within the telescope is quite large in data but the output image is very small. I’m not sure I’m going to continue using this option as the stacking procedure in Registax6 and processing in PS produces a much higher resolution image.