The solar cycle 25 advances

The solar cycle 25 started in 2020 and a maximum of activity is expected for 2025. In January 2021, specifically on the 16th, a new group of sunspots appeared after 12 days of total calm. The group was called AR2796 and emerged small and with little activity.

The photo is the result of a single 1ms shot for the chromosphere and a 50ms shot for the crown, taken with a QHY IMG2PRO camera in H-Alfa with a 60mm Lunt telescope and composed in false color with Photshop.