SOLAR ACTIVITY.
— EXTENSIVE GROUPS OF SUNSPOTS. v% , M ' /}, s „ „ t (PBtSS iSHOCUXIOIir MUSOBUS.) > <WELm?GTONj February 23, . Greatly increased solar^activity; is re* ported "by Mr 0* V, Hudson, of Karori. , "There is a very, extensive group ,of guncpots 130,000 ,miles long by 60,000 miles wide -visible.at present' .on-the son's, western, hemisphere/' said, Mr Hudson*. For. the next two days at, Mast this gigantic 'group '#rtiotiid be .qlearly visible to the, naked eye, provided care is* ~to 'look through, smoked or coloured ,. ' "Thelargestsftot the group measures about 50,000 by 40,000 nilu>'lt ii surrounded by ,« very- large,,.irxegijar Umbra, and traversed - by' several. ineOinplote bridges. There are; two other very large spot* in this group, , and many smaller ones. Another extensive group of spots iS 80,000 mile? long, and 'two smaller groups are on the eastern hemisphere.": ■ '/ v , -ss <><>>' '
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20170, 24 February 1931, Page 9
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135SOLAR ACTIVITY. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20170, 24 February 1931, Page 9
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