The Case of the Missing Sunspot (More NASA shenanigans)

Spaceweather.com (1/7/2009 edition) ^ | 1/7/2009 | Self

[PreciousLiberty]

NEW-CYCLE SUNSPOT: The first sunspot of the new year has appeared. Sunspot 1010 in the sun's southern hemisphere is a member of new Solar Cycle 24.

[PreciousLiberty]

NASA continues to (rather pathetically) "cheerlead" for sunspots. I think any reasonable person will conclude that this is a serious example of "sunspot inflation" compared with the historical record. Remember that Galileo began the measurements with a 1/2" telescope, and any "official" sunspots should be visible with such an instrument.

Below is the current image from the SOHO observatory. Can YOU find the sunspot?

[Red Badger]

Must be a small one..................

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

That?!? That?!?

I have boogars bigger than that.

[Red Badger]

Maybe we should call it a Sun Zit...............

[Big_Monkey]

No I can’t. But, I am struck by how much the Sun looks like a massive sugar cookie. I wonder if there’s any philosophical significance to that.

[theDentist]

Sunkist close up?

[who_would_fardels_bear]

More like a sun blemish.

[Stentor]

Can YOU find the sunspot?

Get some new glasses pal. Everybody can see the big orange spot.

[arthurus]

It is obviously an implied sunspot. And it proves man-made global warming. All that CO2 man has poured into the atmosphere has smothered the sun's spots. We're all gonna die.

[Red Badger]

[Mr. K]

“All bow to the great ‘Nilla Wafer in the sky, that it bless us with it’s warmth and crunchy goodness”

[ZX12R]

I saw that this morning on spaceweather.com, and went to SOHO to look at it. It was barely anything at all. Unbelieveable.

[Red Badger]

8^)........

[mosaicwolf]

With a pad of butter in the middle it would look like a well made, expertly flipped pancake.

[Big_Monkey]

Now I’m struck how much an orange looks the back of Charles Barkely’s head. I should start writing this down.

[keepitreal]

Looking for the sunspot made me realize how dirty my screen is. Every time I thought I found it, it was actually dirt on my screen.

[tet68]

Maybe it’s on the other side and we have to wait till summer
to see it??

Is this the start of a new meandering minimum?

[idkfa]

Yes there is a sunspot and NASA reported it. The sunspot number is what matters and there is a factor for the type of telescope used.

What is the sunspot number?>

[mikey_hates_everything]

For every sunspot found, a Global Warming angel gets their wings.

[andy58-in-nh]

Gee, that's impressive.