and yet so much activity with no real explanation as to origin….
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During periods of low solar activity, such as the deep solar minimum we’re in now, the Sun will often be devoid of sunspots.
The below graph shows how many days during a specific year that the earth-facing side of the Sun has been ‘spotless’:
As of Oct 28, the current stretch of days without any observable spots has reached 25, making for a total of 224 spotless days in 2019 so far (or 74%). This means that 2019 has now surpassed the 222 spotless days observed in 2018, with more than 2 months to go.
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