[NZ4O Spaceweather] New Solar Cycle 23 Sunspot Group

[Thomas F. Giella NZ4O]

This evening EST NOAA/SWPC gave the new sunspot group #11030 with a beta 
magnetic field. There has been no mention of the polarity of the sunspot 
group but it is clearly a solar cycle 23 sunspot group.


73, Thomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas F. Giella NZ4O" <nz4o at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "a PSC RSGB" <PSC.Committee at rsgb.org.uk>; "a NZ4O Spacewx eGroup" 
<spaceweather at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 2:19 PM
Subject: New Solar Cycle 23 Sunspot Group?


> 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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