Viewing archive of Monday, 18 February 2002 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [MDI, AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxCM
103 -181 1C1.03M1.5611

Sunspot regions

Region 9819

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 1 10 BXO S31W83

Region 9824

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -1 140 HSX N23W35

Region 9825

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
24 -8 290 FAI N12W36

Region 9829

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 1 50 10 CSO S05E36

Solar flares on this day

C8.47

Region 9830

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
28 7 360 150 FAI S18E32

Solar flares on this day

M1.55

Region 9831

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -1 0 -10 AXX S11W52

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G1 - Minor geomagnetic storm

Observed Kp: 5
Threshold reached: 16:08 UTC

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 high (741.2 km/sec.)

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