Viewing archive of Friday, 18 October 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
200 -151A0.0C5.8718

Sunspot regions

Region 10140

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -1 40 -100 HAX S08W91

Region 10144

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 30 -30 HSX N11W91

Region 10145

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -1 70 -10 HSX N12W44

Region 10148

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 20 HSX S20W35

Region 10149

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
29 -4 400 -80 EAI N14W33

Region 10154

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
10 -2 20 -30 CSO S12W18

Region 10157

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 10 CRO N15W19

Region 10158

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
16 12 140 20 DAO S08E11

Region 10159

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
8 3 160 -30 CAO S11E18

Region 10160

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
18 1 140 -20 DAI S20E15

Region 10161

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
7 2 20 -10 CSO N06W26

Region 10162

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 160 HHX N25E76

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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

Whitehorse, YT
Anchorage, AK, Fairbanks, AK, Juneau, AK
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (10.62nT), the direction is slightly South (-5.11nT).
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
C5.84

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