Are X-rays produced in cycles?

Here are 12 X-ray pictures of the Sun. The first picture (left) was taken in 1991, just after the last maximum of solar activity cycle. The last picture was taken in 1995, at solar minimum.





Now that you know how the face of the Sun changes during its activity cycle, can you guess roughly when the images shown below were taken? The answers are...



March 1993         March 1995

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