This white light image of the sun captures both sunspots and the transit of Mercury on September 5, 2016. We were fortunate to have clear skies for the transit so it was an opportunity not to be missed!
This image is a one shot snapshot taken with a Canon T5i attached to an 8 inch SCT. An f6.3 focal reducer was used to capture the full image of the Sun. The camera was set at ISO 100 and with a shutter speed of 1/1000. The final image was processed in Registax and Photoshop.