It figures that I'd finally get my amateur radio license and a nice antenna and radio just in time for the weakest cycle of the century. For those that might not know, solar activity has a significant impact on long distance high frequency radio wave propagation. While I've talked to people all over the world, it's really been a bit of a dud. The article shows how little we really know about the sun and that predicting its future trends is very difficult. Of course experts and computers are still rather poor at predicting our own weather patterns more than a couple days out. Jared On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 6:01 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/The-Weakest-Solar-Cycle-in-100-Year...
Man, no kidding. I remember seeing huge, "naked-eye" sunspots during the last two solar max's (with proper filtration) that just dwarf even the biggest ones seen this time around. And look at some historical solar photos from mid-century. Some of those sunspots would make you gasp if you saw them today.
I was planning on attending the sun party this coming Saturday, but have to attend a funeral for a neighbor that day so plans have changed; too much to get done now. I'll try for Winchester Park again in August. If you can make it, it's a great gathering of solar telescopes of several types and a chance to compare equipment first-hand if you're in the market for a solar scope. Terrific people and a nice location, as well. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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