I reckon that the sun is building up to a humongous display of spots when they do reappear. Stand by for some fantastic aurorae and possible substation burnouts!
Data from the four science instruments will be downloaded at the end of the week (7th), before the craft loiters about near Venus until March next year
Most of the comments below suggest it is still too early to confirm the next cycle has started, I'm inclined to agree based on there being no change at all on many of the SOHO screens for a number of weeks.
To observe a rise, one must have first confirmed the levelling out has finished, even the predictions here suggest nothing is likely to occur until mid 2019.
Below you will find the latest solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field data covering the past two hours as measured by the DSCOVR spacecraft. These parameters are the first parameters used to predict auroral activity. The redder the plots get, the better it is for auroral activity! With the ...
The Parker Solar Probe team has been named the winner of the 2018 Neil Armstrong Space Flight Achievement Award, given by the American Astronautical Society at its 57th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium in Silver Spring, Maryland.
parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu
The probe reaches second perihelion in a fortnight (April 4th)
Finally......Is the Sun waking up? It's been a very long time for any Sun spot activity, some were wondering if the Sun had shut down or gone off the boil.
I check this web site every morning, to see if I need to get the lead lined suit out.
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