Morphology of sunspot formation during the 19th and 20th cycles of solar activity

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Solar Activity, Sunspots, Northern Hemisphere, Periodic Variations, Phase Shift, Southern Hemisphere, Stellar Models

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The areas of sunspots by the years of the 19th and 20th solar cycles (from 1953 to 1972) were distributed over 90-deg and 30-deg intervals of heliocentric longitude with a subdivision into high-latitude and low-latitude spots. It is shown that, in accordance with Waldmeier's conclusion, the 19th and 20th cycles have opposite signs of the phase shift. A difference was noted in the longitudinal distribution of sunspots in years near solar maximum and years just after minimum: in the northern hemisphere on the ascending branch of the cycle the sunspot areas were concentrated near a single longitude (about 200 deg for high-latitude spots); near maximum the areas were distributed into two segments with centers near 90 deg and 270 deg. In some years which are equidistant from the beginning of a cycle the distribution of sunspots in longitude is qualitatively different in both cycles, especially in the northern hemisphere.

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