Viewing archive of Thursday, 21 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
148 -93C2M5.6154

Sunspot regions

Region 9824

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 100 HSX N24W74

Region 9825

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 -5 150 -60 DAO N16W81

Solar flares on this day

C5.16 M1.01

Region 9828

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 10 AXX S14W71

Region 9829

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 0 AXX S06W01

Region 9830

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
49 3 530 -80 FKC S20W07

Solar flares on this day

C5.04

Region 9832

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -3 10 -10 HSX S15W03

Region 9835

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 40 DSO S09W61

Region 9836

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 10 BXO S02W26

Region 9837

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 60 HSX N07E69

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The direction of the interplanetary magnetic field is slightly South (-8.51nT).
The Disturbance Storm Time index predicts moderate storm conditions right now (-57nT)

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