Viewing archive of Wednesday, 9 May 2001 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [MDI, AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxC
98 101 1B6.29C2.276

Sunspot regions

Region 9445

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
9 -6 100 -10 FAI N24W54

Solar flares on this day

C1.61 C2.27

Region 9448

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
8 2 110 -20 CSO N22W16

Region 9449

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 3 70 -20 CSO S16W07

Region 9450

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 -2 20 AXX S02W66

Region 9451

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 1 120 HAX S21E26

Region 9452

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 20 HSX S09E54

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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 strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (10.06nT), the direction is slightly South (-3.53nT).
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
M1.19

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