= The Solar Magnetic Field =

[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_maximum | Solar maximum ]] - average 11 year cycle (9 to 14), when solar activity is greatest and the polar dipol magnetic field is minimized.

|| Max ||<-2> 1980 ||<-2> 1991 ||<-2> 2001 ||<-2> 2014 ||<-2> 2025? ||
||<-2> Min ||<-2> 1987 ||<-2> 1997 ||<-2> 2010 ||<-2> 2021? ||

[[ http://wso.stanford.edu/gifs/HCS.html | ... current sheet traveling at 400 km/s in the solar wind ... ]]



Question - solar wind is deflected at what angle at 50 AU?  Seemingly, all over the place ...

Observed with Zeeman effect - splitting of field lines.