A point of clarification:
While these three sunspots "are cycle 23 spots based on their
polarities", never-the-less, my bulletin does not state that these
sunspots are actually cycle 24 spots. Rather, I am pointing to the
new level of activity as a possible "waking up" of the sun after a
long per
Bulletin from Tomas Hood, NW7US:
"The Sun awakens in the early dawn of Sunspot Cycle 24"
During the week of March 24, the Sun became quite active. This, after
many months of long stretches of quiet, sunspot-less days. March 25
images of the sun revealed a train of sunspots, NOAA AR 0987 (a beta
