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[A-DX] sunspot(s)

  • Subject: [A-DX] sunspot(s)
  • From: "Walter Eibl" <we@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:32:19 +0200
NEW SUNSPOT: A new sunspot is emerging in the sun's northern hemisphere. After several months of almost-relentlessly blank suns, "this is like a breath of fresh plasma," says photographer Pete Lawrence who sends this picture from Selsey, UK: 

(see www.spaceweather.com )
The magnetic polarity of the emerging spot identifies it as a member of new Sunspot Cycle 24. Because the year 2008 has brought so many blank suns, some observers have wondered if we are ever going to climb out of the ongoing deep solar minimum. This new sunspot is an encouraging sign that the 11-year solar cycle is indeed progressing, albeit slowly. 

(spaceweather.com am 23. September 2003)

73    Walter Eibl





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