Viewing archive of Sunday, 16 October 2011 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxC
158 -80 -2C1.23C9.0511

Sunspot regions

Region 11312

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 180 -90 HSX N23W68

Region 11313

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 70 -10 DSO S16W64

Region 11314

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 -2 330 50 CHO N28W04

Region 11316

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
11 2 340 10 DHI S12E03

Region 11317

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 80 10 HSX S26E15

Solar flares on this day

C2.04

Region 11318

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 -3 20 -20 CSO N25W46

Region 11319

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
30 10 240 160 EAI N11E01

Solar flares on this day

C2.63 C2.75 C1.88 C4.14 C2.89 C5.4 C9.07

Region 11320

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 10 -20 AXX S21W65

Region 11321

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 10 BXO N13E52

Region 11322

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 10 BXO S27W51

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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

Norilsk, Vorkuta
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
M1.61

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