Comparing NASA’s view of the Sun from space to the view from my front yard.
In preparation for the Mercury transit event on Monday, I set up one of our telescopes with a solar filter to see what the Sun looks like. The image above is a comparison of what I can see from my front yard to what NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory saw a few hours ago.
Looks like we’ll have a tiny Sun spot present for the transit on Monday, and the weather forecast is looking better. So fingers crossed for good conditions.