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Sunspots are temporary phenomena on the photosphere of the Sun that appear visibly as dark spots compared to surrounding regions. They are caused by intense magnetic activity, which inhibits convection by an effect comparable to the eddy current brake, forming areas of reduced surface temperature. Like magnets, they also have two poles. Although they are at temperatures of roughly , the contrast with the surrounding material at about 5780 K (5500 °C) leaves them clearly visible as dark spots, as the luminous intensity of a heated black body (closely approximated by the photosphere) is a function of temperature to the fourth power. If the sunspot were isolated from the surrounding photosphere it would be brighter than an electric arc. Sunspots expand and contract as they move across the surface of the Sun and can be as large as in diameter, making the larger ones visible from Earth without the aid of a telescope.
| Solar Cycle 24 and VHF Aurora Website (www.solarcy... Solar Cycle 24 and VHF Aurora Website (www.solarcycle24.com) www.solarcycle24.com - Web |
| Belgium World Data Center for the sunspot index Belgium World Data Center for the sunspot index sidc.oma.be/index.php3 - Web |
| High resolution sunspot image High resolution sunspot image www.universetoday.com/.../sharpest_image_sunspot.html?6102005 - Web |
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| Sunspot images in high-res Sunspot images in high-res www.perseus.gr/Astro-Solar-Sunspots.htm - Web |
| NOAA Solar Cycle Progression NOAA Solar Cycle Progression www.sec.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ - Web |
| Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab www.lmsal.com - Web |
| Propfire - displays current sunspot number in brow... Propfire - displays current sunspot number in browser status bar www.n0hr.com/Propfire.htm - Web |
| HamLinks Toolbar - displays solar flux, A Index an... HamLinks Toolbar - displays solar flux, A Index and K Index data in a toolbar www.n0hr.com/Ham_Radio_Toolbar.htm - Web |
| The Sharpest View of the Sun The Sharpest View of the Sun antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0211/sunspot_swedish_c1.jpg - Web |
| Daily Sunspot Update and Picture of the Sun (www.s... Daily Sunspot Update and Picture of the Sun (www.spaceweather.com) www.spaceweather.com - Web |
| Animated explanation of Sunspots in the Photospher... Animated explanation of Sunspots in the Photosphere alienworlds.glam.ac.uk/sunStructure.html#/photosphere - Web |
