Viewing archive of Friday, 6 August 1999 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [MDI, AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxCM
164 -231C2.14M2.6954

Sunspot regions

Region 8645

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
9 -9 230 -130 DAO S28W78

Solar flares on this day

C6 M2.69

Region 8647

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
7 -5 120 -230 EAO S19W87

Region 8650

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 40 10 HSX N17W43

Region 8651

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
39 -2 780 -170 FKI N26W44

Region 8655

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 10 BXO N23W11

Region 8656

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
19 4 80 -50 ESO N19W20

Solar flares on this day

C3.99 M1.5

Region 8657

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
11 5 90 -50 CSO S30E28

Region 8660

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 1 10 BXO S34W38

Region 8661

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 0 BXO S14E01

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