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Old May 28th 09, 09:04 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default What are the white spots showing on the sun

In article ,
dave wrote:

Telamon wrote:
In article ,
dave wrote:

G.. wrote:
On May 27, 1:17 pm, dave wrote:
G.. wrote:

Q do these 'smallspots' infulence radio or is there a differant type
of spot that needs to form for this ?
tnx- G .
We need UV from theSunto charge the ionosphere.
... so .,sun spots are cooler ... so darker .. so wave lenght is
lower .. so give out more uv than normal

that sound right ?

G .
Sounds right to me.


Not quite right. UV is a higher frequency than visible light and X-ray
are a higher frequency than UV.

Low to high frequency is infra red (radiated heat), visible light, UV,
X-rays.


I was agreeing that sunspots are cooler regions.


That's correct. The theory is that when the magnetic lines of force get
tangled at a spot on the suns surface it impedes the flow of material
from the inner sun to the surface causing the area to be cooler by about
1000 to 2000 degrees kelvin.

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