[HCARC] New Sunspot

[Kerry]

There are now 2 sunspot groups on the sun.  They are both about S25, one 
is near the center and the other is perhaps E50, towards the rising side 
limb.  The Boulder sunspot number for 08 Oct is 0 so they haven't been 
on the sun long enough to be counted.  The Eastern one may be the one 
seen earlier that disappeared.  There are 2 sunspots in that group, both 
small.  We'll see what tomorrow brings.

Kerry


On 10/8/2020 20:34, Kerry wrote:
> There is a new sunspot located at S25 E08.  It has produced one very 
> small flare so far.
>
> Earlier today there was another sunspot reported approximately S25 
> E45.  It has since disappeared but 3 very small flares were produced 
> in that area of the sun.
>
> Based on their latitude these are probably new cycle spots from 2 
> different active regions.  At this point in the sunspot cycle small 
> short-lived spots are normal.  Short-lived spots don't usually get 
> assigned a sunspot group number.  In any event, this should be enough 
> to keep the solar flux in the 70's.  The 1700 UT solar flux was 73, 
> the 2000 UT solar flux isn't available yet. We'll see what tomorrow 
> brings.
>
> Kerry
>
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