Solar Cycle 24 Begins |
Solar Cycle 24 Begins |
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Jan 4 2008, 07:45 PM
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SOLAR CYCLE 24: Solar physicists have been waiting for the appearance of a reversed-polarity sunspot to signal the start of the next solar cycle. The wait is over. A magnetically reversed, high-latitude sunspot emerged today: image. If you have a solar telescope, take a look at this important new active region. It marks the beginning of Solar Cycle 24 and the sun's slow ascent back to Solar Maximum. Magnetic Image Visible Light Image |
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Jan 19 2010, 02:51 PM
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QUOTE we've had a few false starts Yes, that's occurred to me too. I usually check spaceweather.com daily (except for Sundays and Mondays), and lately have been holding my breath a bit: Waiting to see if there'll be another blank Sun...followed by days of same. Hopefully this Cycle has "taken" permanently. The minimum went on for far too long; geez. |
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