Viewing archive of Tuesday, 18 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
144 -210 -2C1.23C2.861

Sunspot regions

Region 11312

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 90 -90 HSX N22W96

Region 11313

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 10 BXO S16W81

Region 11314

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -3 230 -80 CSO N27W30

Region 11316

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 -5 150 -190 DAO S12W25

Region 11317

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 50 -30 HSX S27W11

Region 11318

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 1 30 20 CSO N19W70

Region 11319

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
32 2 420 140 EKI N10W26

Region 11321

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 1 20 10 CRO S15E22

Region 11322

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 -1 70 60 CSO S27W78

Region 11323

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 10 AXX N23E52

Region 11324

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 90 HAX N11E80

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

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