[South Florida DX Association] A New Sunspot Emerges

[Bill Marx]

Space Weather News for Sept. 22, 2008

NEW SUNSPOT: For the first time in months, a significant sunspot is emerging 
on the sun.  It is a fast-growing active region with two dark cores, each 
larger than Earth.  The magnetic polarity of the sunspot identifies it as a 
member of new Sunspot Cycle 24.  Because the year 2008 has brought so many 
blank suns, some observers have wondered if we are ever going to climb out 
of the ongoing deep solar minimum.  Today's new sunspot is an encouraging 
sign that the 11-year solar cycle is indeed progressing, albeit slowly.