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There's a lot of chatter amongst solar scientists that Hathaway is going to have to revise his estimate again. Let's take a look back into the beginning of Cycle 23:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/04/980415080726.htmAnd forward a little bit to the point in Cycle 23 where predictions were beginning to be made regarding about when the minimum should occur and when Cycle 24 should start:http://www.universetoday.com/2004/10/18/no-sunspots-at-all/This is a webpage from 2006 where some interesting notes were made:http://www.physorg.com/news66581392.htmlAnd then in late 2007:http://solarscience.auditblogs.com/tag/hathaway/Since then, there still hasn't been anything remarkable. There was a sunspot (981; yes, they even number them) around Jan 4-6; another small one (982) towards the end of January and another one right now (983).Pidgey
There's a lot of chatter amongst solar scientists that Hathaway is going to have to revise his estimate again. Let's take a look back into the beginning of Cycle 23:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/04/980415080726.htm
And forward a little bit to the point in Cycle 23 where predictions were beginning to be made regarding about when the minimum should occur and when Cycle 24 should start:
http://www.universetoday.com/2004/10/18/no-sunspots-at-all/
This is a webpage from 2006 where some interesting notes were made:
http://www.physorg.com/news66581392.html
And then in late 2007:
http://solarscience.auditblogs.com/tag/hathaway/
Since then, there still hasn't been anything remarkable. There was a sunspot (981; yes, they even number them) around Jan 4-6; another small one (982) towards the end of January and another one right now (983).
Pidgey
