[SEDXC] Sunspot Alert

[Robert Carroll]

Space Weather News for Oct. 11, 2008
http://spaceweather.com

NEW SUNSPOT:  A  "new-cycle" sunspot belonging to Solar Cycle 24 is emerging
near the sun's northeastern limb. This is the third time in as many weeks
that a new-cycle sunspot has interrupted the year's remarkable run of blank
suns.  The accelerating pace of new-cycle sunspot production is an
encouraging sign that, while solar activity remains very low, the sunspot
cycle is unfolding more or less normally.  We are not stuck in a permanent
solar minimum.  Readers with solar telescopes should train them on the sun
this weekend to observe sunspot genesis in action.

AURORA WATCH:  Sky watchers from Alaska to Scandinavia should be alert for
auroras tonight.  A solar wind stream is buffeting Earth's magnetic field
and causing high-latitude geomagnetic storms.

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