Sun Spots and not just one

On the 25 November the biggest sunspot for years appeared AR2786, this is the size of Neptune.

AR 2786 is massive, in fact 3 times bigger than the Earth and still growing. Hoping we get some solar wind to create an Aurora 

Good to compare sunspots a few days later. AR2786 had grown to more than 4x the size of earth and had started to break up

Just below AR2786 a new sunspot seems to be developing, 

Moon looking good

 Any night you can see the Moon is a good night for me. Last night we had almost a clear sky so i was out to photograph 

I used a Nikon D750 and a Sigma 800m  lens and then cropped it

Moon with Mars above

A hazy moon down at Boddam

Down at Sanick, Sandwick in Shetland lots of moon shine with very little wind.

Even the Aurora showed for a while around midnight but the moon took the edge off it. 

See more on Facebook at  Shetland Aurora Hunter

New sunspots

 

It was good to see some large sunspots appear this week. These AR2871 are from the new cycle 25 and that means we should be getting more as we progress to solar maximum.

These spots are over 62,000 miles long and it is expected to last over 2 weeks.