Viewing archive of Friday, 24 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 fluxCM
187 -72 1C1.43M1.8784

Sunspot regions

Region 9575

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 90 -40 HSX N10W86

Region 9580

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 1 110 20 HSX N24W43

Region 9582

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
14 -8 50 -70 CSO N28W33

Region 9585

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
38 3 240 -50 DAO N14W16

Region 9589

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
10 1 60 10 CAO N16W59

Region 9590

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 2 190 -20 HAX S28E37

Region 9591

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
28 20 730 450 FKI S17E53

Solar flares on this day

M1.67 C6.23 C8.23 C6.9

Region 9592

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 2 80 60 DSO S08W73

Region 9593

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 10 BXO N00E01

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Observed Kp: 6
Threshold reached: 20:16 UTC

Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Sodankylä, Utsjoki
Reykjavik
Kirkenes, Tromsø
Kiruna
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (574.6 km/sec.)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (18.97nT), the direction is North (6.3nT).
The Disturbance Storm Time index predicts moderate storm conditions right now (-56nT)

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