The whole Sun. The spot is number 10905.
Date and Time: 28th August 2006 13:45 UT
Camera: ToUcam 740K
Telescope: 270 mm SLR
Capture: K3CCDTools. Low gamma, B/W, 1/250", 25% gain, 393 frames
Processing: Registax. 254 frames stacked. Wavelets 1 = 10, gamma 1.3
You can see that the smaller component has weakened and might just be breaking up. In fact the very next day it had disappeared completely (see this picture from the SOHO Archive). Also APOD announced two days later that the main spot had a reversed polarity of its magnetic field. This is indicative of the beginning of a new solar cycle, but I believe that the first spots of a new cycle are expected to be at higher latitudes than this one which is at 10° south.
Date and Time: 28th August 2006 13:33 UT
Camera: Toucam 740K
Telescope: ETX 125
Capture: K3CCDTools. Low gamma, B/W, 1/500", 10% gain, 2101 frames
Processing: Registax. 572 frames stacked. Wavelets 1-2 = 10, histogram 0-170
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