September 2000 

The Sun has been very active in September of 2000 as we approach a sunspot maximum.  There have been several large solar flares that are causing auroras on earth and several large sunspot groups.  The Big Bear Solar Observatory has up to date pictures on all the activity. 

Here is sunspot 9169.   I glimpsed it on Sept. 21st but clouds kept me from getting photos.  I have been shooting it from the 22nd to the 27th.  Here is a series of the activity:

	Sun  September 22, 2000   18:12 UT Celestron C5+ w/Solar Filter f10 1/125s  scanned via HP PhotoSmart S20 scanner, sharpened via CCDSoft
	Sun  September 23, 2000   18:00 UT Celestron C5+ w/Solar Filter f10 1/125s scanned via HP PhotoSmart S20 scanner, sharpened via CCDSoft
	Sun  September 24, 2000   17:42 UT Celestron C5+ w/Solar Filter f10 1/125s
	Sun  September 24, 2000   17:45 UT Celestron C5+ w/Solar Filter eyepiece projection w/20mm eyepiece  1/30s focus was definitely a problem on this one though you get the general idea.
	Sun  September 25, 2000   16:50 UT Celestron C5+ w/Solar Filter f10 1/250s

 

October, 2000

October saw a slow-down in spots though there were still quite a few small spots on the disk.

	Sun  October 3, 2000   18:07 UT Celestron C5+ w/Solar Filter f10 1/250s    Kodak MAX400
	Sun  October 4, 2000   19:01 UT Celestron C5+ w/Solar Filter f10 1/250s    Kodak MAX400
	Sun  October 23, 2000   21:05 UT Celestron C5+ w/Solar Filter f10 1/1000s    Fuji Superia 800
	Sun  October 24, 2000   20:50 UT Celestron C5+ w/Solar Filter f10 1/500s    Fuji Superia 800 disk is almost clean, just a few spots
	Sun  October 28, 2000   21:15 UT Celestron C5+ w/Solar Filter f10 1/500s    Fuji Superia 800

November 2000 

November had shown activity starting to grow a bit.  

	Sun  November 1, 2000   20:40 UT Celestron C5+ w/Solar Filter f10 1/500s    Fuji Superia 800 lots of spots across the disk
	Sun  November 14, 2000  20:15 UT Celestron C5+ w/Solar Filter f10 1/500s    Fuji Superia 800
more to come...