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What modulates our Sun? The majority of science work on the principle that the Sun is self modulating and each solar cycle is a product of a random number generator. There are others that suspect the Sun is modulated by the planets with a special emphasis on Uranus & Neptune. Thanks to Carl Smith who has recently left us we have new knowledge that significantly adds to Jose, Landscheidt & Charvàtovà's work.

Geoff Sharp

Layman's Sunspot Count.

SDO Sunspot

The Laymans Sunspot Count updated to July 2024.  SC5/24 and SC6/25 have been aligned at their starting points, hence the gap at cycle minimum. The current cycles at this stage very much looking like the Dalton Minimum. 

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