Viewing archive of Saturday, 3 December 2011 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxC
138 321B8.57C2.282

Sunspot regions

Region 11358

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 90 CSO N20W54

Region 11361

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
7 60 DSO N20W32

Region 11362

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
12 2 170 -10 DSI N08E08

Region 11363

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
15 10 250 130 EHI S20E29

Solar flares on this day

C1.77 C1.91

Region 11364

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 3 40 CSO N19E34

Region 11365

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 20 CSO N20E13

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G1 - Minor geomagnetic storm

Observed Kp: 5
Threshold reached: 18:55 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, Kuopio, Sodankylä, Utsjoki
Kirkenes, Tromsø, Trondheim
Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Norilsk, Vorkuta
Kiruna, Luleå, Sundsvall, Umeå
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is high (27.06nT), the direction is North (17.7nT).

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