Viewing archive of Sunday, 12 May 2002 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [MDI, AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxC
210 -161 -1C1.03C5.377

Sunspot regions

Region 9932

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 20 AXX S27W67

Region 9933

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 90 30 HAX N18W67

Region 9934

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
27 -5 1060 10 FKO S17W59

Solar flares on this day

C1.73 C1.72 C1.53

Region 9937

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
18 -2 240 50 DAI S09W38

Region 9938

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 10 -20 HSX S05W34

Region 9940

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
7 -6 30 -10 ESO N17W24

Region 9943

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -2 0 -10 AXX S10W16

Region 9945

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
9 3 310 -90 DKO S04E14

Region 9946

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
16 2 60 10 DAO S06E25

Region 9947

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -2 20 AXX N23W59

Region 9948

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 3 420 140 EKO S21E61

Region 9949

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 10 HSX S16W06

Region 9950

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 30 BXO S06E44

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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 maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
M1.61

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