We spent 30 days without sun spots .. "Minimal"

AbuZahira: a natural part of the solar cycle takes place every 11 years

"On Saturday morning, March 2, 2019, 30 days have passed and the solar disk is completely free of stains," said Majid Abu-Zahra, president of the Jeddah Astronomical Society.

Abu-Zahra pointed out that this had happened for the last time in August 2008 and that at that time, the sun was at its lowest point of activity and was the deepest in the space age .

"Currently, there is a new level of minimum activity for the Sun, which has the same depth.Today this year, in 2019, the Sun was spot-free in 73% of cases;

"The minimum solar activity is a natural part of the solar cycle that occurs every 11 years." The number of sunspots drops to zero and the dark nuclei that produce solar flares and coronal emissions from the sun's surface disappear , leaving the sun free for a long time, "he said.

He pointed out that the minimum stage of the sun's activity came and went regularly since the discovery of the sunspot cycle in 1859, but that the minimum periods of sun activity were not the same , the last in 2008-2009. Observers were surprised by the depth and side effects; At the lowest level in 100 years, the sun decreased by 0.1%, cooled the Earth's atmosphere and shrank; space debris (remnants of spaceflight and old satellites) have been allowed to accumulate in orbit around the Earth and the solar wind pressure has decreased; (We generally resist the solar wind), All of this is happening again today.

As for the effects during this period of the solar cycle, it can be cosmic rays: high energy particles penetrate more easily from inside our solar system, they can be detected by the weather conditions of spaceships and NASA balloons, but have no effect on the surface of the earth.

He said that solar activity is known to take many forms, but that attention is usually focused on sunspots, where the number of black nuclei scattered during the solar cycle is calculated.

Conclusion: With the end of February and the beginning of March without the presence of sunspots. We welcomed the minimal activity of the sun.

---

AbuZahira: a natural part of the solar cycle takes place every 11 years

"On Saturday morning, March 2, 2019, 30 days have passed and the solar disk is completely free of stains," said Majid Abu-Zahra, president of the Jeddah Astronomical Society.

Abu-Zahra pointed out that this had happened for the last time in August 2008 and that at that time, the sun was at its lowest point of activity and was the deepest in the space age .

"Currently, there is a new level of minimum activity for the Sun, which has the same depth.Today this year, in 2019, the Sun was spot-free in 73% of cases;

"The minimum solar activity is a natural part of the solar cycle that occurs every 11 years." The number of sunspots drops to zero and the dark nuclei that produce solar flares and coronal emissions from the sun's surface disappear , leaving the sun free for a long time, "he said.

He pointed out that the minimum stage of the sun's activity came and went regularly since the discovery of the sunspot cycle in 1859, but that the minimum periods of sun activity were not the same , the last in 2008-2009. Observers were surprised by the depth and side effects; At the lowest level in 100 years, the sun decreased by 0.1%, cooled the Earth's atmosphere and shrank; space debris (remnants of spaceflight and old satellites) have been allowed to accumulate in orbit around the Earth and the solar wind pressure has decreased; (We generally resist the solar wind), All of this is happening again today.

As for the effects during this period of the solar cycle, it can be cosmic rays: high energy particles penetrate more easily from inside our solar system, they can be detected by the weather conditions of spaceships and NASA balloons, but have no effect on the surface of the earth.

He said that solar activity is known to take many forms, but that attention is usually focused on sunspots, where the number of black nuclei scattered during the solar cycle is calculated.

Conclusion: With the end of February and the beginning of March without the presence of sunspots. We welcomed the minimal activity of the sun.