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Offline Chris_

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Sun Goes Longer Than Normal Without Producing Sunspots
« on: June 11, 2008, 07:35:28 AM »
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Sun Goes Longer Than Normal Without Producing Sunspots

ScienceDaily (Jun. 9, 2008) — The sun has been lying low for the past couple of years, producing no sunspots and giving a break to satellites.

That's good news for people who scramble when space weather interferes with their technology, but it became a point of discussion for the scientists who attended an international solar conference at Montana State University. Approximately 100 scientists from Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and North America gathered June 1-6 to talk about "Solar Variability, Earth's Climate and the Space Environment."

The scientists said periods of inactivity are normal for the sun, but this period has gone on longer than usual.

"It continues to be dead," said Saku Tsuneta with the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, program manager for the Hinode solar mission. "That's a small concern, a very small concern."

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Oh nooooooooooooooooo!  The sun is dying!  :ohnoes:
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Re: Sun Goes Longer Than Normal Without Producing Sunspots
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2008, 07:39:48 AM »
^ Bush's fault.  :-)
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Re: Sun Goes Longer Than Normal Without Producing Sunspots
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2008, 07:42:24 AM »
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Sun Goes Longer Than Normal Without Producing Sunspots

Hardly.  They should see the back of my hands. 
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Re: Sun Goes Longer Than Normal Without Producing Sunspots
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2008, 05:34:37 PM »
Quote from: Splashdown on June 11, 2008, 07:39:48 AM
^ Bush's fault.  :-)


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