The Formation of a Moat Around a Sunspot as Observed on Longitudinal–Field Magnetograms (?)

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In this paper the dynamics of the photospheric magnetic field near the sunspot of the active region McMath 15508 is considered on the basis of longitudinal magnetic field B₁₁ magnetograms. The magnetograms were obtained at the panoramic magnetograph of the Sayan Observatory. The time taken to obtain one magnetogram was 5 min. The spatial resolution was 1.8“ × 3.6“. In the active region McMath 15508 a new bipolar spot group formed westward of the existing sunspot group on September 1; the next day the main sunspots had penumbras, and on September 3 the new sunspot group reached a maximum area and began decaying thereafter.