Viewing archive of Friday, 15 December 2000 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [MDI, AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxC
181 241 -1B8C7.695

Sunspot regions

Region 9257

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 -2 10 -20 BXO N18W72

Region 9262

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
10 -9 40 -10 CAO N13W10

Solar flares on this day

C7.69

Region 9264

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
10 100 10 DAO S24E16

Solar flares on this day

C3.7

Region 9265

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 -1 20 CSO N16E16

Region 9266

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 30 20 CAO N19W53

Solar flares on this day

C1.63

Region 9267

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
20 -3 190 -10 DAI N07W02

Solar flares on this day

C4

Region 9268

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 60 -10 HSX S15E60

Region 9269

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 40 CSO N18E48

Solar flares on this day

C1.87

Region 9271

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 10 BXO S20W28

Region 9272

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 20 CAO N12E19

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