In fact, do not stare at the Sun with your unaided eyes. We can safely observe the Sun by projecting an enlarged image onto a white piece of paper. The image, spread out this way, is not dangerous to our eyes. We will attempt to obtain images of the Sun. We will assume that sunspots rotate at about the same rate at the Sun.
Sunspots often appear to move in pairs.
We know these and other changes that we can observe on the Sun are caused by changes in the solar magnetic field. These change may be in response to gas flow in the solar upper atmosphere. We know that sunspots change over time, sometimes considerably. Scientists cannot predict when a sunspot will appear or when a spot will disappear. If we are lucky, we may see an unusually large sunspot group that appears to be associated with other phenomena.