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Message Subject Sunspot as big as Jupiter com in' round the bend
Poster Handle Anonymous astrophysicist
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I thought we have had spots larger than this one?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 2567479


yes mate we had in 1859 one very very big suspot, see below.

Solar storm of 1859
[link to en.m.wikipedia.org]

A Super Solar Flare
[link to science.nasa.gov]
 Quoting: OurLifeIsALie


How does this one compare in size?
 Quoting: Machine42


Its too hard to compare being there isn't really any data that is not speculative... Being it was 1859 and all...
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23231420


There were several much larger and magnetically complex sunspots during the last solar maximum and this one will not erupt while geo effective,
 
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