The Sun

The Moon takes a bite out of the Sun during the 2003 Annular Eclipse.

Annular eclipse
Fuji 6900Z
315mm equivalent (Fuji TL-FX9) f2.8
1x125s
No solar filter
31may2003 0422UT
PSP

Click this image to see a short animation of the event 

Close-up of sunspot groups 0424 and 0425. I have circled the groups in the full disk image provided by NASA.

Note the filaments extending across the cooler, darker regions of group 0424. Also note the orange peel effect of the 'surface' of the Sun.

[SOHO/MDI image acknowledgement : Courtesy of SOHO/MDI consortium. SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA.]

Groups 0424/0425
Toucam 740
Prime on LX90 0.2m f10 Alt/Az
Homemade Baader variable aperture filter
110x1/100s stacked avi
05aug2003 1030UT
Registax PSP

A close-up of sunspot group 652, responsible for several Aurora displays around the end of July 2004

Group 652
Toucam 740
Prime on LX90 0.2m f10 Alt/Az
Homemade Baader variable aperture filter
80x1/125s stacked avi
25jul2004 1237UT
Registax PSP