Totally impervious to vulgar 10:10 videos, biodiversity 10.10 campaigns, 0% interest rates and other goings-on on Earth, the Sun moves to its own music.
It was spotless again.
Spotless Sun 5th October 2010: NASA image
Sunspot numbers and 10.7 flux continue to be significantly lower than forecast (and the forecast for Cycle 24 were pretty low to begin with).
2010/10/05 08:00 Today was spotless although Locarno managed to see two groups. The specks were tiny and would be on the fringe of visibility on the original Wolf 64x telescope on a perfect day. What could be old area 1106 may be returning in the next two days.
Yesterday’s adjusted F10.7 flux figures recorded a high of 76.6 (81.4) and a low of 74.7 (78.8), unbelievably low.
F10.7 Radio Flux (including September 2010)
That we are in a solar minimum (the Landscheidt minimum) seems clear but whether it will be a grand minimum remains to be seen.
sc5,sc14 comparison with sc24
And the sun will surely impact our climate — but how?
And in any case the sun gets no feedback and it does not much care.
Tags: Landscheidt Minimum, Solar Cycle 24, Solar minimum, Sun
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