[PreciousLiberty]

There's no way to link directly to the article, it's the second from the top.

The Sun may be rumbling to life, or not. We'll see...not a sunspot in sight for the moment. There was a bit of sunspot activity earlier this month, but it's not clear if it would have been noticed in the earlier part of the Maunder Minimum, when the telescopes weren't yet too good. Say, 1655 or so. Also, during the more extreme minimum events, there were sporadic bursts of activity, after which the Sun would go back to long periods of minimum conditions.

[hoosier hick]

Well, since we’re now in the business of counting half-sunspots, any pre-cursor activity can be considered a de-facto sunspot, therefore the minimum is over....

hh

[2Jedismom]

I’ll swan.

[Crazieman]

Yeah they counted a group of sunspots that didn’t even break the surface. It was pathetic. The only thing you could make out were slight magnetic distortions on the surface. There were NO sunspots.

When they were on the verge of breaking a long sunspotless streak, suddenly news came out they had to revise the streak because a microspot was detected several weeks before while reexamining data and photos.

They’re desperate to show activity.

[xcamel]

Or not.

[C210N]

Looking at the SOHO MDI, there is a definite "spot" that has persisted I believe for at least a week, and perhaps 2 or 3. Its in the upper left, if you take a peek.

Just because its probably a camera lens dust bunny, and just because its not revolving like you might expect as we spin around it, it should be no reason for the sunspot grant takers from claiming it, and using it for their agenda. Works so well in other areas...

[HighlyOpinionated]

I wish they had a 3-D photo instead of 2-D. It appears that there are a few places where the surface of the sun is beginning to be pulled toward the center.

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[SunkenCiv]

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