  A new software (Soonspot) for the determination of the heliographic
coordinates and areas of sunspots from solar images is presented. This program
is very user-friendly and the accuracy of its results has been checked by using
solar images provided by the Debrecen Photoheliographic Data (DPD). Due to its
applicability in the studies of historical solar observations, the program has
been used to analyze the solar drawings carried out by Hevelius in the 17th
century.
