Viewing archive of Friday, 26 August 2011 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxC
76 -211 -2B3.86C3.385

Sunspot regions

Region 11271

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
15 -10 140 -40 ESI N17W56

Solar flares on this day

C1.53 C1.12 C1.08 C3.37

Region 11272

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -3 0 -20 AXX S21W49

Region 11274

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 -2 10 BXO N17E05

Region 11275

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 1 10 BXO N07E17

Region 11277

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 50 HSX N17E62

Region 11278

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 10 BXO N16W40

Region 11279

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 120 HSX N14E75

Solar flares on this day

C1.28 B9

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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, Yellowknife, NT
Anchorage, AK, Fairbanks, AK, Juneau, AK, Utqiagvik, AK
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (10.87nT), the direction is slightly South (-5.09nT).
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
M1.26

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