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Originally Posted by markus.a.bergh
Wow. 11 year. So why would anyone want to buy a small solar telescope if you have to wait that long to see anything ! (other than looking for transits every x years etc).
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There's more to look at than just sunspots. There's solar granulation, prominences, flares, plages, spicules etc etc. The solar minimum usually only lasts a year or so before the cycle starts to climb back up again. You never know what the Sun is going to do, so it's good to keep an eye on it.