Viewing archive of Wednesday, 23 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
192 332B8.57C3.437

Sunspot regions

Region 9461

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 -1 80 10 CSO N22W19

Solar flares on this day

C1.38

Region 9462

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 1 80 20 CSO N21E09

Region 9463

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
30 8 380 -120 EKI N10E18

Region 9464

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 10 HSX S08E23

Region 9465

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 3 40 -40 CSO S10E34

Region 9466

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 1 10 -20 AXX S02E26

Region 9467

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 60 HSX S05E42

Region 9468

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 2 70 CAO N07E53

Solar flares on this day

C1.82 C1.46

Region 9469

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 50 CSO N08W71

Region 9470

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 10 BXO S15W19

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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

Whitehorse, YT, Yellowknife, NT
Anchorage, AK, Fairbanks, AK, Juneau, AK
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (10.46nT), the direction is slightly South (-5.44nT).
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
C7.65

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