SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Sunspots and the solar cycle During the solar maximum, many sunspots are found along mid-latitudes (approximately 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south). Then, sunspots gradually move toward the equator, where few are found during the solar minimum. Sometimes, no sunspots are visible during the solar minimum.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sunspots generally appear as pairs that contain a preceding sunspot and a following sunspot. The preceding and following sunspots have opposite magnetic polarity, and each polarity is reversed in the two hemispheres (Hale’s law).

Detailed explanation-3: -The Sun has a magnetic field that influences sunspot solar activity. Sunspots are highly magnetic and, like the poles of a magnet, usually appear in pairs-one has a positive magnetic field and one has a negative magnetic field.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sunspots are magnetic regions on the sun with magnetic field strengths thousands of times stronger than the Earth’s magnetic field, and often appear in pairs that are aligned in an east-west direction. One set will have a positive or north magnetic field while the other set will have a negative or south magnetic field.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sunspots do not appear everywhere on the Sun. They are usually concentrated in two bands, about 15-20 degrees wide in latitude, that go around the Sun on either side of the solar equator. The average latitude of those bands varies with the solar cycle.