TheSkySearchers

Here's some information from Space Weather's site https://www.spaceweather.com/ this morning...

A SUNSPOT FROM THE NEXT SOLAR CYCLE: Breaking a string of 40 spotless days, a new sunspot is emerging in the sun's southern hemisphere. It comes from the next solar cycle. The unnumbered spot is inset in this map of solar magnetic fields from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory:
How do we know this is a new-cycle sunspot? Its magnetic polarity tells us so. Southern sunspots from old Solar Cycle 24 have a -/+ polarity. This sunspot is the opposite: +/-. According to Hale’s Law, sunspots switch polarities from one solar cycle to the next. This sunspot is therefore a member of new Solar Cycle 25.

Recently we reported that Solar Minimum has reached a century-class low. This sunspot, plus a few others like it earlier this year, affirm that Solar Minimum won't last forever. Solar Cycle 25 is showing signs of life. Forecasters expect the next solar cycle to slowly gain strength in the years ahead and reach a peak in July 2025.

Clear Skies

Nice John!

Good to see a new spot for a change. Thanks for your nice write up.

Jim

Good news, John.
I guess this too shall pass.
It will be great to see the captures start up again.

As a ham operator, I welcome sunspots as much as astronomers wish for clear skies.

This lack of sunspots has gone on for far too long.

And here's more -- another pair.
https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/la ... _HMIIF.jpg
I think I'll attach my solar filter and take a look out there today.

Finally a sunspot!

Thanks for posting!

Thanks for posting these images and links, guys!

smp

Cool John! Happy Holidays!

Just took a look. Yep, two pairs of spots. looked a lot like this image:
https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/la ... _HMIIC.jpg

Juno16 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 24, 2019 2:28 pm Nice John!

Good to see a new spot for a change. Thanks for your nice write up.

Jim

Thanks Jim. However, I didn't really write it up. I just copied it from a morning article in SpaceWeather.com.

Peaks in 2025!

Thanks Jim, and Merry Christmas everyone.....

Thanks John, good to see the new cycle picking up.
Ivan

Another reversed-polarity sunspot has appeared... This time in the northern hemisphere.

Sweet! I'd better start saving up for a Ha something-or-other.

Come over to the Light Side Bryan and you'll never find time to sleep

I won't have any clear sky till next week.

Lowjiber wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:42 pm Another reversed-polarity sunspot has appeared... This time in the northern hemisphere.

SECOND SUNSPOT.jpg

Cool, look what John got for Christmas!