Viewing archive of Monday, 20 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 fluxCMX
171 162 1C1.86X3.07621

Sunspot regions

Region 9945

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 1 50 -130 CAO S01W95

Region 9948

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -1 330 -50 HKX S21W44

Region 9950

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 50 30 HSX S04W64

Region 9954

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 2 100 -30 DAO S22E14

Region 9955

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 1 30 HSX S14E15

Region 9957

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
38 11 830 20 EKC N08E34

Region 9958

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 -4 90 -10 CSO N04E24

Region 9960

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
7 3 140 40 DAO N14E58

Region 9961

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 110 DAO S22E76

Solar flares on this day

C5.64 M6.81 M7.2 X3.07 C5.96 C2.68 C4.31

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