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What is a sunspot?

What is a sunspot? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (astronomy) A region on the sun's surface with a lower temperature than its surroundings and intense magnetic activity.
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It is also believed that an increase in sunspot activity can have an affect on pole reversal.
He says sunspots are an indicator of the amount of energy radiating from the sun and we're currently coming out of a sunspot minimum.
Scientists have noticed that sunspot activity tends to follow a regular cycle that peaks every 11 years.
Until now, Dr. Wolff said, there have been only indirect and inconclusive evidence for Rossby waves through sunspot observations.
Many magnetic storms occurred in tandem with reports of solar flares or of large sunspot regions near the Sun's equator.
Three methods to determine the heliographic latitude and longitude of sunspot groups are described below.

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