Solar cycle 10

Solar cycle 10
Sunspots during solar cycle 10, as sketched by Richard Carrington (September 1, 1859).
Sunspot data
Start dateDecember 1855
End dateMarch 1867
Duration (years)11.3
Max count186.2
Max count monthFebruary 1860
Min count6.0
Spotless days406
Cycle chronology
Previous cycleSolar cycle 9 (1843-1855)
Next cycleSolar cycle 11 (1867-1878)
Drawing of the Great Sunspot of 1865

Solar cycle 10 was the tenth solar cycle since 1755, when extensive recording of solar sunspot activity began.[1][2] The solar cycle lasted 11.3 years, beginning in December 1855 and ending in March 1867. The maximum smoothed sunspot number observed during the solar cycle was 186.2 (February 1860), and the starting minimum was 6.0.[3] During the transit from solar cycle 10 to 11, there were a total of 406 days without sunspots.[4][5][6]

The first observations of solar flares occurred during this cycle.

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  2. ^ "The Sun: Did You Say the Sun Has Spots?". Space Today Online. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  3. ^ SIDC Monthly Smoothed Sunspot Number. "[1]"
  4. ^ Spotless Days. "[2]"
  5. ^ What's Wrong with the Sun? (Nothing) more information: Spotless Days. ""NASA - What's Wrong with the Sun?". Archived from the original on 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2017-07-12."
  6. ^ Solaemon's Spotless Days Page. "[3]"

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