Guest guest Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Dear friends, Here is an interesting story about sun spots. Evidently, the Sun has become relatively quiet... NASA Science 04.01.2009 Deep Solar Minimum Deep Solar Minimum 04.01.2009 April 1, 2009: The sunspot cycle is behaving a little like the stock market. Just when you think it has hit bottom, it goes even lower. 2008 was a bear. There were no sunspots observed on 266 of the year's 366 days (73%). To find a year with more blank suns, you have to go all the way back to 1913, which had 311 spotless days: plot. Prompted by these numbers, some observers suggested that the solar cycle had hit bottom in 2008. Maybe not. Sunspot counts for 2009 have dropped even lower. As of March 31st, there were no sunspots on 78 of the year's 90 days (87%). http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/01apr_deepsolarminimum.htm Best wishes, Thor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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