decided to look at the sun this morning. i attached my 720nm IR filter to a Celstron NexStar 5SE telescope directly. that is without any 'energy rejection filters'. found a sunspot. SOHO confirms it.

Location: Nugegoda, Colombo District, Sri Lanka
Telescope: Celstron NexStar 5SE
Filter: 720nm IR Filter
Focal Length: 1250mm (telescope) + 100mm (extension tube)
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Image Processing: crop, contrast and brightness adjustment

Image Credit: SOHO

SpaceWeather.com says:
Now that it has completed its transit around the farside of the sun and reappeared for a second time, "old sunspot 1039" has been renumbered "new sunspot 1041" in accord with sunspot numbering traditions. 1039/1041 is the most active sunspot in two years.