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butterfly diagram: a standalone construct

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Solar physics

the plot of sunspot latitude against time showing spots appearing at mid-latitudes and migrating toward the equator through each cycle.

In solar physics, butterfly diagram refers to the plot of sunspot latitude against time showing spots appearing at mid-latitudes and migrating toward the equator through each cycle. This meaning comes from Maunder (1904) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.[1]

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References

Maunder, E. W. (1904). Note on the Distribution of Sun-spots in Heliographic Latitude, 1874 to 1902. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 64(8), 747-761. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/64.8.747

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