Tuesday 15th of November 2011 | Matthew Mannering
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Janice and I were out at about 2pm today looking at the sun and counted 10 sunspots. We used a bushell 15-45×60 spottig scope with image projection onto a white piece of paper mounted on a clip board. Aim the scope by looking at the scope’s shadow on the ground, then focus the image on the paper. You can then increase the image size by moving the paper further from the scope and re-focusing. Checked on spaceweather.com to cofirm the sightings. Remember, never look directly at the sun with eyes or viewing through the scope!!