Comments on: Sunspot update April 2019: Not quite minimum

By: Robert Eleazer

Robert Eleazer — Wed, 22 May 2019 21:48:43 +0000

Back in 2004, I believe, Space News had an article that explained that the currents on the Sun (not just sunspots) had been observed scientifically since about 1890 and that such observations enabled accurate predictions of sunspot activity over the following 20 years or so.

And they said that the latest observations of the currents showed them to be at The Lowest Level Ever Recorded. The prediction was that circa 2020 the sunspot activity would be unusually low.

I mentioned this to an gentleman I worked with at the time; he had a degree in astronomy. He responded that meant lower Solar output. It was interesting to me that the Space News article omitted this aspect, but of course the article was not about Global Warming. But then again no one else I am aware of has mentioned this aspect either.

By: William Sherman

William Sherman — Tue, 14 May 2019 02:55:53 +0000

Fingers crossed for another Carrington Event!

By: Ingrid Cummings

Ingrid Cummings — Fri, 10 May 2019 17:19:56 +0000

Thanks.

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Thu, 09 May 2019 16:08:50 +0000

In reply to Ingrid Cummings. Ingrid Cummings; Those are not days, those are years. The graph covers the period from January 2008 to December 2023.

By: Ingrid Cummings

Ingrid Cummings — Thu, 09 May 2019 16:03:34 +0000

This graph is for January 8 to 23

By: Phill O

Phill O — Thu, 09 May 2019 13:35:02 +0000

Waiting with baited breath for empirical data!