After 27 days, a new spot?

[Thefatkitty]

https://spaceweather.com/

I'm rained out for at least the next two days. Hope someone has clear skies if this develops into anything...

[bladekeeper]

About time something shows up! If it gets any more minimal it'll stop.

[Don Quixote]

About time something shows up! If it gets any more minimal it'll stop.

That would not be good.
But it might be cool. ....if it stopped.

I need to get some proper tools for solar viewing. The night skies have been somewhat frustrating this year.

[bladekeeper]

About time something shows up! If it gets any more minimal it'll stop.

That would not be good.
But it might be cool. ....if it stopped.

I need to get some proper tools for solar viewing. The night skies have been somewhat frustrating this year.

I did the same thing to mitigate the night time frustration. It was then that I realized how incredibly windy it is during the day!

[Don Quixote]

About time something shows up! If it gets any more minimal it'll stop.

That would not be good.
But it might be cool. ....if it stopped.

I need to get some proper tools for solar viewing. The night skies have been somewhat frustrating this year.

I did the same thing to mitigate the night time frustration. It was then that I realized how incredibly windy it is during the day!

Killjoy !

[MrShorty]

I'm not sure I fully understand how they can tell, but it strikes me that they have identified this as part of the old, outgoing solar cycle and not the new, upcoming solar cycle. I recall seeing it mentioned on Wikipedia that sunspots from the two cycles will overlap. Just interesting to see them actually identify which sunspot cycle this one belongs to.

[Thefatkitty]

For white light at least, it's been a frustrating year, so for that you're not missing much...

Best spot of the year so far has been AR2738, from the middle of April. With a core three times wider than our planet, is was an awesome view!

AR2738_s.png

But that's been it. Most of the others (and there hasn't been many) have just looked like this; AR2734 from late Feb/early March:

Sun_March_06_2019.png

For the sad facts about how solar activity is at an all time low, stats are at Spaceweather.com.

Hopefully were not in for another "Maunder Minimum"!

[Lowjiber]

I noticed AR2749 yesterday, but decided not to image it. However, GONG shows what may be another developing spot just coming around on the east limb. If it continues to grow, I might consider taking a shot on Sunday.