NOAA: Start of New Sunspot Cycle

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NOAA Confirms Start of New Sunspot Cycle

12 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new solar cycle is under way. The National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration said Friday that the first sunspot of a
new 11-year cycle has appeared in the sun's northern hemisphere.

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NOAA: Sunspot is Harbinger of New Solar Cycle, Increasing Risk for
Electrical Systems

January 4, 2008

A new 11-year cycle of heightened solar activity, bringing with it
increased risks for power grids, critical military, civilian and airline
communications, GPS signals and even cell phones and ATM transactions,
showed signs it was on its way late yesterday when the cycle’s first
sunspot appeared in the sun’s Northern Hemisphere, NOAA scientists said.

“This sunspot is like the first robin of spring,” said solar physicist
Douglas Biesecker of NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center. “In this
case, it’s an early omen of solar storms that will gradually increase
over the next few years.”

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<http://www.spaceweather.com/>

SOLAR CYCLE 24 BEGINS:  Solar physicists have been waiting for the
appearance of a reversed-polarity sunspot to signal the start of the
next solar cycle. The wait is over. Yesterday, a magnetically reversed
sunspot emerged at solar latitude 30 N, shown in this photo taken by
Greg Piepol of Rockville, Maryland:

For reasons explained in a recent Science@NASA story, this marks the
beginning of Solar Cycle 24 and the first step toward a new solar
maximum. Intense solar activity won't begin right away. Solar cycles
usually take a few years to build from solar minimum (where we are now)
to Solar Max (expected in 2011 or 2012). It's a slow journey, but we're
on our way!

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New Sunspot Cycle Begins
By The Associated Press

posted: 4 January 2008
5:30 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new solar cycle is under way.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday that the
first sunspot of a new 11-year cycle has appeared in the sun's northern
hemisphere.

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