Morning anons…
Buckle up…
Eclipse plus a very NON-LINEAR sunspot…
"STRANGE RING-SHAPED SUNSPOT: A new sunspot is emerging west of AR2824, and it's a little strange. The ring-shaped active region is inset in this magnetic map from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory:
Not only is the sunspot's shape unusual, but also its magnetic field. Usually the magnetic poles of sunspots are aligned roughly east-west. AR2824 (-/+) is a good example. But the poles of the new sunspot are rotated ~90 degrees from normal, almost perpendicular to the sun's equator.
This new sunspot is worth monitoring. Amateur astronomers with safely-filtered telescopes, you know what to do!"
https://spaceweather.com