{"id":3482,"date":"2026-02-12T04:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/?p=3482"},"modified":"2026-03-18T21:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:55:13","slug":"sunspot-over-zacatecas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/sunspot-over-zacatecas\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunspots Over Zacatecas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NASA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/archivepix.html\">Astronomy Picture of the Day<\/a> of February 8th, 2026, shows a sunspot region visible above a hill in Zacatecas. Here it is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"803\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-11-803x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-11-803x1024.png 803w, https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-11-235x300.png 235w, https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-11-768x979.png 768w, https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-11.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Active Sunspot Region 4366 Crosses the Sun&#8221;  Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap260208.html\">Daniel Korona<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap260208.html\">the NASA caption<\/a>:  <strong>&#8220;Explanation:&nbsp;An unusually active sunspot region is now crossing the Sun. The region, labelled AR 4366, is much larger than the Earth and has produced several powerful&nbsp;solar flares over the past ten days. In the featured image, the region is marked by large and dark sunspots&nbsp;toward the upper right of the Sun&#8217;s disk. The image captured the Sun over a hill in Zacatecas, Mexico, 5 days ago. AR 4366 has become a candidate for the most active solar region in this entire 11-year solar cycle.  Active solar regions&nbsp;are frequently associated with increased auroral activity&nbsp;on the Earth.  Now reaching the edge, AR 4366&nbsp;will begin facing away from the Earth during the coming week. It is not known, though, if the active region will survive long enough to reappear in about two weeks&#8217; time, as the Sun rotates.&#8221; <\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA&#8217;s Astronomy Picture of the Day of February 8th, 2026, shows a sunspot region visible above a hill in Zacatecas. Here it is: From the NASA caption: &#8220;Explanation:&nbsp;An unusually active sunspot region is now crossing the Sun. The region, labelled &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/sunspot-over-zacatecas\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[278,673,279,738,737],"class_list":["post-3482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geography","tag-astronomy","tag-daniel-korona","tag-nasa","tag-sunspots","tag-zacatecas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3482"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3712,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3482\/revisions\/3712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}