Viewing archive of Sunday, 12 August 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
196 452B9.86C3.877

Sunspot regions

Region 9563

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 -8 180 -110 ESO N26W83

Region 9566

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
11 2 220 30 DAO N17W72

Region 9569

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 -5 130 -60 CAO S18W68

Region 9570

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 4 170 CSO S12W07

Region 9571

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 130 90 HSX N04E11

Region 9573

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
16 8 140 -40 DAO S09E33

Region 9574

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
17 8 320 290 DAI S04W10

Solar flares on this day

C1.7

Region 9575

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 80 HSX N11E73

Region 9576

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 20 CSO N12W53

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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

Norilsk, Vorkuta
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (510.7 km/sec.)
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
C6.56

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