SUN SPOTS
INCREASED ACTIVITY
(By Telegraph— Frees Association)
WELLINGTON, January 18
The two large centres of activity on the sun which were noted recently are now very close to the western limb of the. sun. A new area of activity is represented ,by a group' of, small spots which to-day is on the central meridian. This group is increasing in activity. At noon yesterday twenty spots werq counted by observers at the Dominion Observatory. By 5. p.m. the number had increasd to twenty-five, whereas to-day there are no fewer than thirty-six. Preliminary measurements show the new group to be some 81,000 miles in length, with a maximum width of 40,000.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 January 1930, Page 3
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110SUN SPOTS Hokitika Guardian, 21 January 1930, Page 3
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