And, wikipedia on facula:I had never heard of a faculae. According to the university of Oregon, sunspots always have an associated faculae, but can exist apart from them as well. Very cool or, I guess... hot
~modest
Just the faculae Mam; just the faculae.
Daily Sun: 12 Mar 09
The sun is blank--no sunspots. Credit: SOHO/MDI
Quote:
Originally Posted by Spaceweather
A solar wind stream flowing from the indicated coronal hole should arrive on or about March 13th. Credit: SOHO Extreme UV Telescope
---------------- semantics is not always just pedantic quibbling. ~ douglas r. hofstadter
March 17, 2009 A LITTLE SOLAR ACTIVITY: The sun is in the pits of the deepest solar minimum in almost 100 years. At such a calm time, even a little solar activity is remarkable. Here it is. SOHO recorded the movie on March 16th; it shows a minor CME billowing away from the sun's eastern limb. When the sun is active, it produces several such CMEs on a daily basis. Now, the rate is about one per month. That's very little solar activity.
Daily Sun: 16 Mar 09
The sun is blank--no sunspots. Credit: SOHO/MDI
---------------- semantics is not always just pedantic quibbling. ~ douglas r. hofstadter
March 22, 2009
DEEP SOLAR MINIMUM: Where have all the sunspots gone? As of yesterday, March 21st, the sun has been blank on 85% of the days of 2009. If this rate of spotlessness continues through the end of the year, 2009 will match 1913 as the blankest year of the past century. A flurry of new-cycle sunspots in Oct. 2008 prompted some observers to declare that solar minimum was ending, but since then the calm has returned. We are still in the pits of a deep solar minimum. link
Daily Sun: 23 Mar 09
The sun is blank--no sunspots. Credit: SOHO/MDI
---------------- semantics is not always just pedantic quibbling. ~ douglas r. hofstadter
Still quiet, no sunspots ...
You can see a graph of the SSN activity over one month at the
- nwra-az.com/spawx/comp.html
Now zero during 18 days....
and still how long ?
Felix
Thanks Felix. Here's that link 'til you get enough posts: Space Weather: Comparison of SSN Indices As luck has it, you came just as a little activity popped up.
Daily Sun: 26 Mar 09
A "proto-sunspot" is struggling to emerge at the circled location. If it coelesces, its high latitude would make it a member of new Solar Cycle 24. Credit: SOHO/MDI
Quote:
Originally Posted by Spaceweatehr.com:March 26,2009
AROUND THE BEND: The sun has been without spots for nearly a month, but the blank spell could be coming to an end. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is monitoring intense activity on the sun's northeastern limb:
The source could be a sunspot located just over the horizon. We'll know within the next ~24 hours. Solar rotation is turning the active region toward Earth, and by March 27th direct viewing should be possible.
I wonder if this [potential sunspot] will become something real ...
Let's hope
I find this statement interesting.
Are we to believe that there is something wrong with the sun that it is going through what appears to be an extended period of little to no sunspots?
For some reason I don't find myself hoping for sunspots. The Sun is around 4.5 billion years old. It is what it is. I just find it interesting that it's gone this long without developing a significant sunspot, but I'm not worried about it.
---------------- It seems to me that people tend to prefer to believe what they want to be real or true, despite evidence to the contrary.
When what you believe is refuted by evidence, you are faced with a choice.
Re: Still no sunspots...
And, wikipedia on 
or, I guess... hot 
Just the faculae Mam; just the faculae. 
semantics is not always just pedantic quibbling. ~ douglas r. hofstadter
Re: Still no sunspots...
