Viewing archive of Saturday, 6 April 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
234 343C1.57M1.3761

Sunspot regions

Region 9884

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 1 30 HRX S17W77

Region 9885

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
22 -5 550 40 EKI N13W51

Region 9886

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
17 1 110 10 DAI N14W38

Region 9887

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
23 -3 690 -30 EKI N03W29

Solar flares on this day

C3.78

Region 9888

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
9 -2 180 DAO S12W19

Region 9892

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 -3 10 -20 HRX N05E20

Region 9893

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
15 7 320 70 EAI N19E53

Solar flares on this day

M1.37 C1.78 C2.92

Region 9894

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 20 CRO N14W09

Region 9895

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 20 BXO N06E58

Region 9896

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 100 HSX S11E74

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