Viewing archive of Saturday, 20 October 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
230 112 1C3.43M1.0551

Sunspot regions

Region 9658

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
18 3 230 50 FAO S14W61

Region 9661

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
21 -3 620 -40 EKI N16W35

Region 9662

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 -2 70 30 DSO N11W66

Region 9667

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 3 40 CSO N26E06

Region 9669

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
27 7 170 30 EAI N13E14

Region 9670

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
20 8 530 160 FKO S18E32

Solar flares on this day

C5.96 C4.29

Region 9671

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
14 6 100 70 DAO N16E04

Region 9672

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 1 160 60 HAX S20E53

Region 9673

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 130 20 HAX N04E58

Region 9674

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 60 BXO S08E34

Solar flares on this day

C6.66 C3.68

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