Today’s sun with some large sunspots [OC]

Today was a beautiful day, so I took the opportunity to photograph the sun. There are a few sunspots visible, and I wanted to capture them.

It fascinates me every single time how much detail can be captured even with amateur equipment. I don't have a special solar telescope with a H-alpha filter, and yet you can see more structures on the sun's surface than just sunspots…

Sun Data:

• Date: 03.03.2026
• Time: 12:58 UTC
• Sun angular size: 32.2'

Equipment:

• Celestron NexStar Evolution 8” EdgeHD with Mount
• Baader Digital Solar Filter OD 3.8
• Canon EOS R5 MarkII

Acquisition Details:

• Focal length: 2032mm
• Focal ration: f/10
• Frames: 316
• Shutter speed: 1/10000s
• ISO: 200

Location:

• My garden, Illnau, Switzerland

Processing:

• Adobe Lightroom Classic: Croped and exported all CR3-Files as TIFF-Files for further processing
• AutoStakkert!4: Stacked (best 20%)
• RegiStax6: Wavelet sharpening
• Adobe Photoshop: Desaturated image, one curves Chanel to increase the brightness/contrast and another Curves channel for each color with following values: RED Input 84 Output 139, GREEN Input 95 Output 20, BLUE Input 218, Output 65 to get a colorful sun (artistic choice).