[SEDXC] CQ News: Sunspot 9393 is coming back

[Dave]

>NASA Science News reports that Sunspot 9393 -- the largest sunspot of the
>current cycle and responsible for the biggest solar flare ever recorded -- is
>making a rare second appearance on the Earth-facing side of the sun. The
>sunspot, 13-14 times the size of Earth, was responsible in early April for a
>huge geomagnetic storm and auroras visible as far south as the southern US.
>Normally, sunspots do not last long enough to still be there when the sun
>finishes its 27-day rotation, but this one is still going strong, and
>scientists have been able to track its progress with the SOHO satellite even
>as it passed over the far side of the sun. Full details are available on
>NASA's Space News website at >. <<A
>HREF="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast27apr_1.htm?list133325">
>http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast27apr_1.htm?list133325</A>>.