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New Sunspot Cycle Begins

After a slow start, a pair of sunspots in late 2008 signaled an upswing in Solar Cycle 24.


NASA image and animation by Robert Simmon and Jesse Allen, based on data from Marshall Space Flight Center Solar Physics Group and the SOHO Michelson Doppler Imager Project. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published November 12, 2008
Data acquired November 3, 2008

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