Sun spots?

We've got a hefty little fire out this away...


I ended up in the path of the thickest part of the smoke, and a fantastic view of the sun.
250mm, at around 1/1000 or 1/1250 through all the smoke, and I think I captured a few sunspots.
Not what I was expecting, but if they are indeed sunspots I feel pretty lucky!

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …/93428411@N05/9​090245830/

Yep that's all sunspots . You can check that out at http://www.spaceweathe​r.com …vrq5o1ikjm8qpli​ksqt1stjv5 , rotation is somewhat different than yours for what ever reason .

hey Ron thanks for the confirm! That's probably the luckiest atro-catch I've had yet!

YW , a lot of times in those kind of conditions you can actually see the sun naked eye and get some good pictures but be very careful if the sun breaks out then don't take chances !

never! I kind of learned my lesson with that Eclipse last year...yikes.
Fortunately this was dark...the smoke was above us and going up several thousand feet so we got lucky on this one.
I don't expect that kind of luck again for a long while!

Great capture

either that or sensor dust

Celestron wrote in post #16047077
Yep that's all sunspots . You can check that out at http://www.spaceweathe​r.com …vrq5o1ikjm8qpli​ksqt1stjv5 , rotation is somewhat different than yours for what ever reason .

morisan wrote in post #16087910
either that or sensor dust

If you had followed the link I provided for him then you would not guess it as dust on the sensors .