Viewing archive of Tuesday, 18 April 2000 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [MDI, AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxCM
167 12 1B6.71M1.1251

Sunspot regions

Region 8949

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 80 10 HAX S20W79

Region 8951

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 -4 80 -30 CSO N12W57

Region 8953

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -5 10 -10 HRX S13W34

Region 8955

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
13 -1 320 -30 EAO S22W06

Region 8958

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 0 AXX N18W12

Region 8959

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 -8 20 -20 CRO S17W34

Region 8960

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -7 20 -30 HRX N19W74

Region 8961

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 10 AXX S27W47

Region 8962

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -1 60 -10 HAX N24E24

Region 8963

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
7 3 40 20 CRO N16E22

Solar flares on this day

M1.12 C5.83 C6.03

Region 8964

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 3 30 20 CAO N34E08

Region 8965

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 10 BXO S16E66

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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

Gillam, MB, Iqaluit, NU, Whitehorse, YT, Yellowknife, NT
Anchorage, AK, Fairbanks, AK, Juneau, AK, Utqiagvik, AK
The direction of the interplanetary magnetic field is slightly South (-7.19nT).
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
C6.18

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