The Sun is still near solar maximum but at the moment, there is little sunspot activity on its surface. However, both Mars and Venus are near solar superior conjunction at this time, so the question is can we get a shot that shows sunspots but also records the location of these planets? Well, I got Venus because it's closer to the Sun than Mars is, so its location is marked by the white circle. Mars is just off of the image to the left. Unannotated image. |