weatherwiz Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I'm doing a little paper in my astronomy class and one thing I'm discussing are sun spots. I know sun spots are used to determine how active (or inactive) solar activity is. I've been searching google and reading some articles to answer my question but I have not had much luck. Anyways, since how active solar activity is depends on the number of sunspots, what threshold is there that separates active periods from inactive periods? Or how do you determine this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny and Warm Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I'm doing a little paper in my astronomy class and one thing I'm discussing are sun spots. I know sun spots are used to determine how active (or inactive) solar activity is. I've been searching google and reading some articles to answer my question but I have not had much luck. Anyways, since how active solar activity is depends on the number of sunspots, what threshold is there that separates active periods from inactive periods? Or how do you determine this? start with this site: http://www.leif.org/research/ One of the world's preeminent scientists on solar activity. If he were to talk to you, I believe he would say that sunspots are a good manifestation of solar activity, but that the two do not always follow linearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 start with this site: http://www.leif.org/research/ One of the world's preeminent scientists on solar activity. If he were to talk to you, I believe he would say that sunspots are a good manifestation of solar activity, but that the two do not always follow linearly. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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