Quiet Sun Baffling Astronomers

[astroron]

The Sun is at it's quietest in a hundred years:(
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8008473.stm

[Robh]

Ron. Intriguing phenomenon.
:sunny: and no sunspots.
Guess we'll have good TV and GPS reception for a while longer.

Rob

[[1ponders]]

Its just taking a deeeep breath, before going :tasdevil:

[astroron]

That's if you have got TV:P

[Omaroo]

Top time to buy a Lunt, hey H0ughy? :whistle:

[BerrieK]

Intermediate mass stars like our sun don't cool down activity before running out of hydrogen to fuse and collapsing then burning the last little bit of hydrogen around the core before burning that up and expanding into a red giant do they?

Run away run away

[alphamone]

It might just be that some secondary activity cycle (the is longer, and cumulative with the regular 28 year solar cycle), and that it is approaching its minimum, and when added on top of the solar cycle's current minimum, we are just in a period of ver low activity.

(and I just bought some baadar solar filter film too, so I can view the sun, but have very little to look at).

[Archy]

It appears that there is more in heaven than current philosophy ever dreamed of. So, if the facts don't fit the hypothesis, the hypothesis must change.

[JD2439975]

Oh Chris you're a cruel, cruel man :lol:

A 70 year quite spell :eyepop: might have to pass that on to the great grand kiddies.