Sunspot cycle: a new beginning. (start of 11-year cycle)(Brief Article)

From: Science News | Date: September 16, 1995 | Copyright information

Mottling the sun like dark blemishes, sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields and huge flares. Last month's discovery of three sunspots with unusual characteristics heralds the beginning of a new cycle for these mysterious objects.

Sunspots typically last for only a few days, but the rate at which the sun generates them rises and falls through roughly an 11-year period. At the beginning of each new cycle, these solar blemishes emerge at a relatively high latitude--about 30o--and have the opposite magnetic polarity of sunspots from the last cycle.

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