{"id":19735,"date":"2016-06-28T11:55:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T15:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=19735"},"modified":"2016-06-28T11:55:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T15:55:52","slug":"some-scientists-believe-sun-may-be-crossing-into-magnetic-middle-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/some-scientists-believe-sun-may-be-crossing-into-magnetic-middle-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Some scientists believe sun may be crossing into “magnetic middle age”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(SILSO data\/image, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels)<\/p><\/div>\n

I just received the following link to a Forbes article<\/a> from my buddy Charlie (W4MEC).<\/p>\n

If this research turns out to be correct–and time will only tell–it could mean very low solar activity from here on out (let’s hope not!):<\/p>\n

(Source: Forbes Magazine<\/a> via Charlie W4MEC)<\/p>\n

The Sun has likely already entered into a new unpredicted long-term phase of its evolution as a hydrogen-burning main sequence star \u2014 one characterized by magnetic sputtering indicative of a more quiescent middle-age. Or so say the authors of a new paper submitted to The Astrophysical Journal Letters.<\/p>\n

Using observations of other sunlike stars made by NASA \u2019s Kepler Space Telescope, the team found that the Sun is currently in a special phase of its magnetic evolution.<\/p>\n

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At time of posting (June 28, 2016) the Sun has no Sun spots at all, which means very low solar activity. Credit: SDO\/HMI (Click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n

Heretofore, the Sun was thought to have been just a more slowly rotating version of a normal yellow dwarf (G-spectral type) star. These results offer the first real confirmation that the Sun is in the process of crossing into its magnetic middle age, where its 11-year Sunspot cycles are likely to slowly disappear entirely. That is, from here on out, the Sun is likely to have fewer sunspots than during the first half of its estimated 10 billion year life as a hydrogen-burning star.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sun\u2019s 11-year sunspot cycle is likely to disappear entirely, not just get less pronounced; [since] other stars with similar rotation rates show no sunspot cycles,\u201d Travis Metcalfe, the paper\u2019s lead author and an astronomer at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo., told me.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Continue reading the full article at Forbes online.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just received the following link to a Forbes article from my buddy Charlie (W4MEC). If this research turns out to be correct–and time will only tell–it could mean very low solar activity from here on out (let’s hope not!): (Source: Forbes Magazine via Charlie W4MEC) The Sun has likely already entered into a new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,960,3,43,810],"tags":[2699,4102,5225,412,4082,4107,415,1127],"class_list":["post-19735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-space-weather","tag-forbes","tag-ham-radio","tag-magnetic-middle-age","tag-propagation","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-space-weather","tag-sun-spot-cycle","tag-sun-spots"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-58j","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48215,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/1940-when-sears-roebuck-sold-a-wide-array-of-radio-gear\/","url_meta":{"origin":19735,"position":0},"title":"1940: When Sears Roebuck sold a wide array of radio gear","author":"Thomas","date":"March 17, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Charlie (W4MEC), who shares a PDF of the 1940 Sears Roebuck Co. catalog section featuring a wide array of radio gear and test equipment. 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