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FRONT SIDE ABOUT 14 DAYS LATER.  THE LEADING SPOTS IN A PAIR OR GROUP HAVE
A MAGNETIC POLARITY OPPOSITE TO THE TRAILING SPOTS.  IF THE LEADING SPOTS
IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE BAND HAVE ONE POLARITY, THEN THE LEADING SPOTS
IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE BAND HAVE THE OPPOSITE POLARITY IN OTHER WORDS,
THE DIRECTION OF THE FIELD BETWEEN THE LEADING AND FOLLOWING SPOTS IN THE
SOUTH ARE OPPOSITE OF THOSE IN THE NORTH FIGURE 2.  EACH NEW ACTIVITY CYCLE
BEGINS AT THE MINIMUM FOLLOWING THE PRECEDING MAXIMUM.  AS SOLAR MINIMUM
APPROACHES, A FEW OLD CYCLE SPOTS ARE FOUND IN THEIR NORTH AND SOUTH
LATITUDE BANDS, VERY CLOSE TO THE SOLAR EQUATOR ABOUT 5 NORTH AND SOUTH.
THEN, AS THE NEW CYCLE BEGINS ON THE ALMOST SPOTLESS SUN, NEW SPOTS BEGIN
TO APPEAR IN TWO NEW BANDS AT HIGHER LATITUDES ABOUT 30 NORTH AND SOUTH
WITH REVERSED POLARITIES FROM THE OLD CYCLE SPOTS.  AS A RESULT, THE OLD
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