[HCARC] New Sunspot

[Kerry]

There are now 2 sunspots in each sunspot group.  The groups have both 
been numbered.  The one near the center is 2774 and the one to the East 
is 2775.  There haven't been any more flares.  The sunspots are all 
quite small.

Kerry


On 10/9/2020 00:58, Kerry wrote:
> 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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