The bright spots to the right of center are active regions known as plages. Currently, the Sun is showing very few active regions or sunspots , and is considered to be in a solar minimum . The Sun goes through this cycle of maxima and minima every 11 years. Sol, our Sun, is hundreds of times more massive than all the planets in the Solar System combined. However, the Sun itself contains only a small amount of the total angular momentum of the Solar System.
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