by Mike Borman
"Whirlpool" Sunspot 1084 in h-alpha. This image was taken on July 3, 2010 from my home in Evansville, Indiana. The spot reminded me of the Whirlpool Galaxy, M51. The image was taken with a Televue 102iis refractor, Coronado SM90 h-alpha filter, Imaging Source DMK41AU02.AS camera, on a Clestron CGE Pro mount. More solar images can be seen on my website at www.mborman.org .