A little more than half way through the second partial phases of the total solar eclipse, the moon uncovered the large sunspot group near the middle of the sun’s disk. This sunspot is larger than the earth.

Location: Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Telescope/mount: Celestron Super C8+ with Celestron f/6.3 focal reducer/corrector and Thousand Oaks glass solar filter.

Camera: Canon EOS mirrorless R8. 1/1000 second exposure at ISO 800.