No Sunspots Since #1008

This is a time laps of the Sun by SOHO/NASA over the last month. You can see the major Sunspot 1008 form at the start of this month and move across the top to the right. This shows how big the spot actually was.

The sun has been blank since this spot hopefully things will start heating up.

1008 was a Big One!

It took all week for Sunspot 1008 to disappear over the horizon.

The magnetic image maps show little activity this week.

The Sun may set a record this year.

Image Credit SOHO

The Solar Minimum is Behind Us

The NASA Sunspot forecaster David Hathaway has declared that the "Solar minimum is behind us." October had more Solar Cycle 24 Sunspots than Solar Cycle 23.


Yesterday Sunspot number 1008 started coming to the surface seen here in this ultraviolet image of the sun.

Come on Cycle 24!


CREDIT SOHO

One New Sunspot

Sunspot 1007 was a large spot that was seen for 4 days. This Sunspot was a powerful solar Cycle 24. This Sunspot has been "Crackling with B-Class Solar Flares." - SOHO/MDI

1007 Sunspot was twice the size of Earth.

Over the weekend, sunspot 1007 grew into a substantial active region with two planet-sized cores connected by dark magnetic filaments thousands of kilometers long. The ensemble bears a curious resemblance to the pipe of Sherlock Holmes: "It's filamentary, my dear Watson!" says Alan Friedman who sends this picture from his backyard observatory in Buffalo, New York: - www.spaceweather.com