Viewing archive of Wednesday, 28 April 1999 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [MDI, AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxC
76 -60B5.43C5.514

Sunspot regions

Region 8518

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -1 70 -20 HSX S13W64

Region 8522

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
7 -1 70 DAO N16E13

Region 8523

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
12 3 40 20 CSO N31E03

Solar flares on this day

B8.51

Region 8524

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
22 12 240 20 EAO N22E13

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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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