The past couple week have seen an upswing in solar sunspot activity. In the above image you can track the sunspot number as issued by NOAA, and you can see that for October 2011 we are seeing a decent increase in activity. This increase has also continued into the first couple of weeks of November.
The activity has been predicted to continue to increase over the next couple of years, peaking sometime in 2013. Keep you eye on the night sky for increase in Aurora Borealis displays as we head into the colder and darker nights of winter in the northern hemisphere.
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