Viewing archive of Saturday, 23 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
130 -341C2.29C5.8614

Sunspot regions

Region 9264

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -4 30 -20 AXX S26W83

Region 9268

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 2 80 10 CSO S18W43

Region 9269

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 -3 10 AXX N15W53

Region 9273

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 -3 0 -10 AXX N20W20

Region 9278

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
12 -3 70 -10 DAO N09W05

Region 9279

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
9 3 110 -20 ESO S13E11

Region 9280

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
25 10 540 90 EKI N09E35

Solar flares on this day

C3.86

Region 9281

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 1 20 20 CSO N06E06

Region 9282

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 40 -10 HSX N19E54

Region 9283

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 120 HAX S15E79

Solar flares on this day

C3.59 C4.99 C5.34 C4.34 C5.86 C4.11 C2.8 C3.44

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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, Yellowknife, NT
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (533.3 km/sec.)
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
C5.26

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