Big new Sunspot - Solar Cycle 24

[AlaskaDenise]

BIG NEW SUNSPOT: New sunspot 1035 is growing rapidly and it is now seven times wider than Earth itself: movie. The magnetic polarity of the spot identifies it as a member of new Solar Cycle 24. Readers with solar telescopes, train your optics on the sun to witness sunspot genesis in action.

http://spaceweather.com/

(see links on web site for a movie)

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[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Big new Sunspot - Solar Cycle 24

Maybe we'll see a more normal number of auroras this winter.

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[tropical]

Re: Big new Sunspot - Solar Cycle 24

So it is start rising up from the bottom of the sinuscycle.

warming reloaded ...
(or maybe not? uhm, the cosmic rays will start lowering, but the solar wind raising, so ehm ... gasp ...)