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Wow this is really neat, I didn't realize sun spots occur in bands like this. I always assumed they occur across the whole surface
They don't, they're the same spots overlayed over time. What you're seeing is each spots parambulation around the sun which makes a banding pattern when all together, think of it like each spots orbit.