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<P><STRONG>During last weeks propagation forecast I said,"<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Recurrent sunspot group #11115 will rise above the
eastern limb of the Sun on Thursday-Friday 05/07-08/2009, if it survived transit
on the back side of the Sun."</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It looks as though #11115 has
survived. It remains to be seen whether it will be classified as recurrent
#11115 or new #11117.</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">See below from NASA spaceweather.com
<A href="http://www.spaceweather.com">http://www.spaceweather.com</A>
.</SPAN></STRONG></P>
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<P><FONT size=3><STRONG><FONT color=#ff0000>THE SUN IS
STIRRING:</FONT></STRONG></FONT> NASA's <A
href="http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/">STEREO-B</A> spacecraft is monitoring an
active region hidden behind the sun's eastern limb. On May 5th, it produced an
impressive coronal mass ejection (CME, <A
href="http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/browse/2009/05/05/behind_20090505_cor2_512.mpg">movie</A>)
and a burst of <A
href="http://www.atnf.csiro.au/pasa/17_1/cairns/paper/node5.html">Type II</A>
radio emissions caused by a shock wave plowing through the sun's outer
atmosphere. STEREO-B's extreme UV telescope captured this image during the
explosion:</P>
<P><A
href="http://www.spaceweather.com/images2009/05may09/20090505_081530_n7euB_195_strip.jpg">http://www.spaceweather.com/images2009/05may09/20090505_081530_n7euB_195_strip.jpg</A></P>
<P>At the root of all this activity is probably a sunspot. Its high latitude
identifies it as a member of new Solar Cycle 24. The putative sunspot is not yet
visible from Earth, but the sun is turning the region toward us for a better
view. Readers with <A
href="http://spaceweather.com/ccount.php?linkURL=http://www.luntsolarsystems.com/">solar
telescopes</A> should keep an eye on sun's northeastern limb for an emergence on
May 7th or 8th.</P>
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<P>73 & GUD DX,<BR>Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O<BR>Lakeland, FL, USA<BR><A
href="mailto:nz4o@arrl.net">nz4o@arrl.net</A><BR>eList Owner/Moderator<BR>John
3:16 <><</P>
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