friday flora blogging
Dec. 14th, 2007 06:36 pm |
Berries UA campus, December 2007 |
Dec. 14th, 2007
Solar cycle watch
Dec. 14th, 2007 10:37 pmThe little dipole is still there,
though it doesn't look to be getting any bigger or to have much chance of qualifying for a number. I'm intrigued by the old-cycle dipole about fifteen degrees due south; as it happens, I stumbled across a paper just this evening that was commenting on that kind of thing happening at the last solar minimum, too. Meanwhile, the big patch of old-cycle activity, 10978, has been popping off a few baby flares, the first in a few months, just to prove that Cycle 23 isn't quite over yet.
though it doesn't look to be getting any bigger or to have much chance of qualifying for a number. I'm intrigued by the old-cycle dipole about fifteen degrees due south; as it happens, I stumbled across a paper just this evening that was commenting on that kind of thing happening at the last solar minimum, too. Meanwhile, the big patch of old-cycle activity, 10978, has been popping off a few baby flares, the first in a few months, just to prove that Cycle 23 isn't quite over yet.
