Viewing archive of Saturday, 17 July 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
971 1B9.29C7.98

Sunspot regions

Region 8625

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
8 1 70 50 DSO S18W54

Region 8627

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
12 -5 160 30 EAO S14W34

Region 8628

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
14 -5 140 EAO N18W48

Region 8631

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
7 5 170 50 CAO N11E10

Region 8635

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 3 140 120 EAO N44W79

Solar flares on this day

C3.86 C4.97

All times in UTC

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

Gillam, MB, Yellowknife, NT

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

Edmonton, AB, Iqaluit, NU, Saskatoon, SK, Whitehorse, YT
Juneau, AK
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (543.6 km/sec.)
The direction of the interplanetary magnetic field is slightly South (-7.58nT).

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