Sun spots

[hubble]

I've had this with me a while and just lain forgot to post. But did anyone else see the newest of all the sun spots ???

Feel free to add any info on sun spots. I am keen to learn a bit more about them

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by hubble

I've had this with me a while and just lain forgot to post. But did anyone else see the newest of all the sun spots ???

Feel free to add any info on sun spots. I am keen to learn a bit more about them

hubble, i have just checked the SOHO site and there are four very small Sunspots, but they could be worth watching.
Ps If you don't know just click on the sun onthe left side of the forum and it will take you straight to the SOHO site

[ispom]

I have a file „sunspots“
herein I download every day the first picture from the watching series

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/realtime-mdi_igr-1024.html

like this:

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/javagif/gifs/20070219_0045_mdi_igr.gif

and by dia show all the pictures in a tight chronological order they are like a movie of the Sun

[iceman (Mike)]

I wish I had more time for solar observing.

Read a good blurb about sunspots on spaceweather.com the other day:

Now we know what sunspots really are: great islands of magnetism. Sunspots consist of magnetic force fields poking through the sun's surface. These fields block the flow of heat from below, cooling the sun in their vicinity. Because sunspots are so cool, "only" a few thousand degrees, they appear dark compared to the surrounding inferno.

btw, to IceInSpace!