Sunspots 2009

[rockinho]

Hi,
I observed in 2009 for the first time sun spots with an adequate filter. Where can i find the data, when the cycle gets to the maxima? When was the minima? Is there a official website where I can find information like that?
Thanks!
Robin

PS.: I filmed the sun spots on June 1st, 2009

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

[geckzilla]

Nice! I know sunspots have been fairly rare lately so I went ahead and cross checked against SOHO's MDI:

That's a nice sonnenflecken.

With any luck the next solar maximum will happen in 5-6 years, though some say it will be an exceptionally long minimum so it could take longer. Don't expect it tomorrow.

Here is SOHO's website with near realtime data:
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/rea ... mages.html
It's kind of a maze to navigate, unfortunately. But you can figure it out eventually.

[rockinho]

Thanks for the link!
I didn´t expected that the pictures are updatet so often a day. Is there a list where I can see the biggest recorded sunspots? Because I searched for the sunpots ~5 years ago (where the last maxima should have been, right?)...they are really much bigger then the spots i recorded, the size is amazing!
Kind regards,
Robin