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Solar cycle 8

Solar cycle 8
Sunspot data
Start date November 1833
End date July 1843
Duration (years) 9.7
Max count 244.9
Max count month March 1837
Min count 12.2
Cycle chronology
Previous cycle Solar cycle 7 (1823-1833)
Next cycle Solar cycle 9 (1843-1855)

Solar cycle 8 was the eighth solar cycle since 1755, when extensive recording of solar sunspot activity began. The solar cycle lasted 9.7 years, beginning in November 1833 and ending in July 1843. The maximum smoothed sunspot number (SIDC formula) observed during the solar cycle was 244.9 (March 1837), and the starting minimum was 12.2.

Solar cycle #8 ended in 1843, the year that Heinrich Schwabe discovered the sunspot cycle.



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