Viewing archive of Saturday, 3 May 1997 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [MDI, AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum flux
13 131 1A1.43B1.29

Sunspot regions

There were no sunspot regions on the earth-facing solar disc on this day

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The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (10.32nT), the direction is slightly South (-8.75nT).
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
M2.36

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