Viewing archive of Monday, 7 December 1998 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [MDI, AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxC
143 371 -1B7.57C5.697

Sunspot regions

Region 8395

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 1 140 HAX N20W59

Region 8397

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 2 210 HAX N16W24

Region 8398

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -1 200 40 HSX N18W72

Region 8402

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
12 2 250 -110 DKO N16W02

Solar flares on this day

C2.56 C1.3 C1.86

Region 8403

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 3 50 -10 CSO N19E15

Region 8404

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
9 80 DSO S22E02

Region 8405

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 110 CSO S16E64

Solar flares on this day

C1.28 C2.76 C5.69

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

Whitehorse, YT, Yellowknife, NT
Anchorage, AK, Fairbanks, AK, Juneau, AK
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (10.46nT), the direction is slightly South (-5.44nT).
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
C7.65

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