Topic: Sunspot Hibernation

[SlowModem]

Well, I don't know if the recent eruption had anything to do with this, but it seems there are less sun spots.  The story is here.

[Downlinerz2]

     As Arty Johnson used to say on Laugh-In...."very interesting"!  I don't believe the latest eruption is involved in this possible Maunder Minimum.  The Sun has certainly been in a minima of spot activity.  I have been checking www.spaceweather.com regularly and the Sun was "spotless" most of the times. Since 2004 there have been 820 spotless days. It is interesting that in a normal minima there are only 486 spotless days. I might have to hold off buying that solar telescope if the Sun is going into a sleep period.
    There was a Coronal Mass Ejection yesterday (14th) that you can see on the www.spaceweather.com website.
   Mark