Viewing archive of Thursday, 20 January 2011 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [MDI, AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum flux
32 40A9.71B6.08

Sunspot regions

Region 11147

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
7 -5 130 -30 CSO N25E22

Solar flares on this day

B5.87 B1.41

Region 11148

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -1 10 -20 AXX S28W57

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Active geomagnetic conditions

Observed Kp: 4
Threshold reached: 23:02 UTC

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

Tórshavn
Oulu, Rovaniemi
Reykjavik
Trondheim
Luleå

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