June 2011 News

The end of the spotless run today. Two regions appearing but only one making the grade (1243 missing out at 323 pixels :). The pipeline looks weak but there are two areas close to the equator on the way.

Day seven spotless for June with the Sun being an almost carbon copy of yesterday. Locarno (SIDC ref station) yesterday recorded a raw value of 45, Wolf would have recorded zero as we did showing the distortion of records that occurs during a solar grand minimum. F10.7 flux falling below 90.

Three groups of specks that will be counted by others not making the grade today. The specks were just visible on my 40mm & 80mm telescopes but definition of penumbra was far from possible. Will we achieve over 6 days spotless for June?

Today is spotless and is the 5th spotless day for June, but there are still 3 days remaining. The June results will be very interesting as the real weight of the Landscheidt Minimum begins to take hold. The F10.7 values also looking weak.

More reduction in solar output again today. 1241 just making the grade, will tomorrow be spotless? Stereo B is hard to read at present.

Overall activity dropping a fair degree today. Some of that related to region 1236 approaching the western limb. Region 1240 falling below the threshold with 1241 looking weak. The pipeline also looking weak.

Overall activity still dropping with anther small area making the grade today. Two small regions with little power at present, this month looks to be heading down from last.

Overall activity still on the decline but a new group forming in the south. The new group will need to grow on the magnetogram or risk fading quickly. F10.7 levels dropping more.

Not much happening today, activity moving down slowly. Australian airports are being hit again with closures due to volcanic ash. More seismic activity during a quiet Sun along with changed jetstreams that funnel the ash northward?

Not much happening today, activity moving down slowly. An interesting article on the corruption of the sunspot count here. Also some interesting podcasts from Alan Jones and some big hitters in the climate debate from the Galileo Movement website.

Solar activity continues to show no real strength when looking at area. Region 1236 reduced slightly today but also increased in darkness or magnetic strength. Magnetic strength when measured properly has shown an increase during SC24.

Region 1234 missing out on making the grade today at 232 pixels. 1236 remaining stable and dark...once again no shortage of magnetic strength. Some new specks forming but the magnetogram looking weak. Stereo B has activity some distance off. F10.7 taking a dive.

Overall activity dropping slightly today with region 1234 dropping off again with region 1236 just growing. The new area in the south is still mainly plage activity.

Overall activity remaining level today with region 1234 dropping off quickly but region 1236 growing. There is a new area moving onto the face in the south which is showing early plage activity.

A ramp up of activity today with region 1234 moving up quickly in area. The pipeline is not looking overly strong at present. Yesterday announcements from major science organizations of the impending solar grand minimum.

A pickup in activity today with region 1236 appearing as a complex group. Region 1234 re developing but still not strong. F10.7 flux on the increase but levels are still weak.

The spotless run ends, but activity is weak. A new region that resembles another weak unipolar group is forming on the incoming limb, with the passive 1234 region reforming but not looking strong.

The Sun remains quiet as the face remains blank. There is new activity about to show which will break the spotless run which stands at 4 days.

New region 1234 not passing the 24 hour rule and is not counted yesterday or today. We are now into day 3 of a spotless run that many would not expect. In Melbourne we have airline disruption due to ash clouds and New Zealand is having another round of earthquakes.

New region 1234 making the grade today, but is subject to the 24 hour rule. Activity is extremely low. Flux levels falling below 90 at this stage of the cycle could be considered unusual.

Today is counted as spotless according to the Layman's threshold rules that follow Wolf's method. There is a small area emerging on the face that may grow tomorrow. F10.7 flux heading below 80.

Low solar activity today getting very close to spotless with low F10.7 flux values recorded. I am on the road for 7 days so updates may be a little sporadic.

Activity continues it's slide with more unusual movements in the DSN values today. F10.7 flux threatening to go below 100.

Activity continues it's slide but the ever resilient unipolar groups doing their thing, with more to come looking at Stereo B.

Activity continues it's slide but the ever resilient unipolar groups doing their thing, with more to come looking at Stereo B. Flux falling sharp.

Not much happening today with the pipeline still looking weak.

While some get excited over the number of spots/specks, the overall trend is weakening, will unipolar groups rule again?

Overall activity rising slightly to what's considered not strong, the pipeline could also be weakening. SC24 still undercutting SC5.

Nearly all regions dropping today. May results available tomorrow.