I was alerted this morning by http://spaceweather.com/ that this tiny sunspot had broken the 28 day drought of sunspots. Since I am participating in the Citizen ToM Project (Transit of Mercury) I broke out the necessary equipment and took some short videos (20 sec) while the Sun was still less than 30 degrees above the horizon this morning, November 1, 2019 at 9:28 am PDT here in La Pine, Oregon.
The Citizen ToM Project is being featured on Sky and Telescope's website. Go here for more information: https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/citizen-tom-mercury-transit/
Normally sunspots are numbered but this one is so new and it is so uncertain how long it will last that they had not yet given it a number yet.
Here is a negative view of the same image which makes the sunspot white:
Here is a full Sun image of it. It is in the lower middle left side...
Here is the Solar Ham website image of the same showing the locality of the sunspot:
And Solar Ham's close up of the sunspot area:
When I processed the initial image with GIMP and the Sobel filter the sunspot really popped out!
My images taken with:
Daystar 480mm scope
Lunt Solar Wedge
PointGrey Grasshopper camera
Celestron CG-5 mount
Captured in SharpCap
Stacked with AutoStakkert
Post processed with Irfanview
Taken at 9:28 am PDT La Pine, Oregon, USA
See Solar Ham site: http://www.solarham.net/latest_imagery/hmi5.htm
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