... 2008 September 24 . Active Region 1002 on an Unusually Quiet Sun . ... Explanation: Why has the Sun been so quiet recently? ... Our Sun has shown few active regions -- that house even fewer associated sunspots -- for over a year now, and such a period of relative calm is quite unusual. ... Visible above, this region, dubbed Active Region 1002 (AR 1002), was imaged in ultraviolet light yesterday by the SOHO spacecraft , which co-orbits the Sun near the Earth. ... About APOD | ...

... Active Region 1002 on an Unusually Quiet Sun . ... Credit Copyright: SOHO Consortium , EIT , ESA , NASA Explanation: Why has the Sun been so quiet recently? ... Our Sun has shown few active regions -- that house even fewer associated sunspots -- for over a year now, and such a period of relative calm is quite unusual. ... A few days ago, however, a bona-fide active region -- complete with sunspots --appeared and continues to rotate across the Sun's face. ... A Filament Across the Sun . ...

... Sun images . ... Sun flares . ... Active areas . September : 2008 . ... No sunspots and sunspot groups can be currently observed on the Sun's surface . No H-alpha plages without spots can be currently observed on the Sun's surface . Last updated: September 10, 2008 00:00 UT . ... 1953-2016 Laboratory of X-ray astronomy of the Sun, LPI RAS, Russia . ... 7(499)132-65-96, Fax: +7(499)132-65-97 . ...

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