Magnetic field of radially aligned spherical magnet

[appa609]

Suppose I have a sphere of steel. Now suppose that I take this sphere and cut it into hundreds of solid-angle pieces. Now each of these pieces is charged with a magnet so that the pointed end is the south, and the round end is the north pole. Now take these pieces of magnet, and join them together once more, so that they once more form a sphere so that the original north end of the individual magnets face outwards.

Now if the magnetic field from this object was plotted, what would I see?
1. would it be straight lines extending from the center? If one thinks about the north and south pole as fixed regions of each magnet, then the north pole is always closer to any test charge, so the ball should give off a net positive field at any external location.
2. would it be 0? The mini magnets can be thought of as stacks of magnets end to end, so the sphere is a stack of infinitely thin spherical shells. Thus, the net difference between the mean distance from the north and south poles would be 0, so no magnetic field results.
3. would it become a regular bar magnet? Just a random possibility I thought of, no reason I can think of to support this, though I'm only a student, so please share.
4. Something else entirely.
please describe and explain.
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[Vailanor]

The magnetic field from the object would form a dipole-like pattern, with two regions of opposing poles at opposite ends of the sphere. This is because the north and south poles of the individual magnets combine to create a single net dipole moment. This dipole moment will form a magnetic field with a radial pattern, with one pole at the center of the sphere and the other on the outer surface. This will cause the magnetic field lines to spread out radially from the center, with the field strength decreasing with distance from the center.