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Re: Still no sunspots...
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Originally Posted by DFINITLYDISTRUBD
I use my welding filters to check out the sun from time to time But sadly no longer own a telescope  and have never seen a spot |
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Since looking directly at the Sun with the naked eye, through binoculars or a telescope is extremely dangerous, amateur observation of sunspots with the unaided eye is generally done by projection or via using proper filtration. Small sections of very dark filter glass, such as a #14 welder's glass is sometimes employed. The eyepiece of a telescope is also used in the role of a "projector" to project the image, without filtration, on to a white screen where it can be viewed indirectly, and even traced, so sunspot evolution can be followed.
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Sunspot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When I took Astronomy classes, we would track sunspots on a paper projection. We don't need SOHO to track sunspots on our own. 
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