Viewing archive of Tuesday, 3 February 1998 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [MDI, AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum flux
39 162A7B4.8

Sunspot regions

Region 8143

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -1 110 HSX S35W75

Region 8148

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 0 BXO S29E10

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G1 - Minor geomagnetic storm

Observed Kp: 5
Threshold reached: 22:46 UTC

Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Nuuk
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (579.5 km/sec.)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (17.7nT), the direction is slightly South (-3.98nT).
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
C7.12

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