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Old September 24th 08, 06:42 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:09:33 -0700, Jim Kelley
wrote:

Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:06:20 -0700, Jim Kelley
wrote:

Cycle 24 has begun (from the Times of India).
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/...me-update.html
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Where? I don't see any spots.
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mdi_igr/1024/latest.html
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/LATEST/current_mdi_igr.mpg


You have to defocus your eyes and stare at it for a while. It looks
like an airplane. :-)


Without my glasses, everything looks like an airplane.

http://www.spaceweather.com/images20...oll6uoo8vkg257


That's not a sunspot. More like a sundot. I wonder if there's a
minimum size to be considered a sunspot?

Sunspot 1002 was there for about that last 2 weeks, but now seems to
have disappeared.
http://www.solarcycle24.com/index2.htm
http://www.solarcycle24.com/sc24.htm

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