Viewing archive of Wednesday, 29 January 2003 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [MDI, AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxC
173 401B3.57C2.433

Sunspot regions

Region 10266

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 -9 130 DSO S20W55

Region 10267

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 -5 20 -10 HSX S19W28

Region 10268

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 -2 30 -30 HRX N16W72

Region 10269

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 70 -10 CSO S08W16

Region 10270

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 -1 30 10 HRX S03W65

Region 10271

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
7 1 40 10 CSO S06W49

Region 10272

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
8 1 30 20 DRO S06W02

Region 10273

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
11 3 90 70 DSO N06W33

Region 10274

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 50 HAX S06E71

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G1 - Minor geomagnetic storm

Observed Kp: 5
Threshold reached: 20:20 UTC

Current data suggests there is a moderate possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Oulu, Rovaniemi, Sodankylä, Utsjoki
Kirkenes, Tromsø
Murmansk, Vorkuta
Kiruna, Luleå

Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Tórshavn
Kuopio
Bergen, Trondheim
Arkhangelsk
Sundsvall, Umeå

Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following middle latitude regions in the near future

Tampere
Petrozavodsk
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (575.5 km/sec.)
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
M1.05

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