Spaceweather.com | NEW SUNSPOT: Sunspot 1024 is growing rapidly and crackling with B-class solar flares - July 4, 2009

NEW SUNSPOT: Sunspot 1024 is growing rapidly and crackling with B-class solar flares. The magnetic polarity of the sunspot identifies it as a member of new Solar Cycle 24. Readers with solar telescopes should train their optics on the sun's southern hemisphere to witness sunspot genesis in action.