[NZ4O Spaceweather] New Solar Cycle 23 Sunspot Group?

[Thomas F. Giella NZ4O]

Posted on Thursday 11/05/2009 at http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o4.htm .

Greetings from Rollinsville, CO (elevation 10,000 feet) where it was 24 deg. 
F this morning with 9 inches of snow on the ground. Last week at this time 
we had 56" of snow on the ground and the temperature was 2 deg. F. What a 
difference one week makes.

We are really enjoying our vacation but it will soon come to an end. I 
brought one of my Icom IC-746 Pro's with me but the transmitter failed (the 
dreaded IC151 issue) so no ham radio on this trip.

A new sunspot group has emerged in the NE quadrant of the Sun. Tentatively 
it appears to have a solar cycle 23 magnetic polarity. NOAA/SWPC has yet to 
assign it a number but SIDC in Belgium has assigned it Catania 13.

If indeed it is a solar cycle 23 sunspot group then the already record long 
solar cycle is extended to 13 years and 7 months.

73 & GUD DX,
Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O
Rollinsville, CO, USA
nz4o at arrl.net
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