Have you tried sun spots?

Back in 2017 we had a solar eclipse here in Oregon. I live about 60 mi. south of getting totality. With my S1 1/2.3 sensor I took about seventy shots, from my front yard. These are with an old welding hood lens taped to the front, on a $10. garage sale tripod and a used $250. dollar camera.

As it began

As close to totality as we got. The weirdest thing was how quick and drastic the temperature changed.
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Not too much detail but was surprised the sun spots showed up, on such a cheap setup.

I intended to do a short clip but haven't yet.

I notice that A4 sheets of solar filter film are available at a reasonable price and can be easily cut to size to fit any lens. That is probably the cheapest way of getting a solar filter to enable you to take photos of sunspots without cooking your camera.

I have never photographed sunspots, but I have often looked at them with a pair of good binoculars mounted on a tripod. Don't look through the binoculars, of course, but use them to project an image of the sun onto a sheet of white paper. Use the eyepiece focus knob to adjust focus to suit the distance at which you hold the paper.

A good pair of binoculars will give a sufficiently sharp image to easily see sunspots. If you have a decent telescope, that will probably give an even better image.

Currently we are approaching a sunspot maximum (due in 2025), so there are usually several sunspots visible at any time. Today's sunspots are visible on this website.