Viewing archive of Thursday, 5 April 2012 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxC
39 -210B2.86C4.453

Sunspot regions

Region 11445

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 90 -20 HSX S21W87

Region 11450

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
11 -2 80 20 DSI N17W19

Solar flares on this day

B9.81 C1.39 C4.44 C2.25

Region 11452

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 3 40 10 DSI N18E19

Region 11453

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 -3 10 -10 AXX S17W28

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G1 - Minor geomagnetic storm

Observed Kp: 5
Threshold reached: 23:19 UTC

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

Reykjavik

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

Tórshavn
Oulu, Rovaniemi, Sodankylä
Tromsø
Kiruna, Luleå

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

Kuopio
Bergen, Trondheim
Arkhangelsk
Sundsvall, Umeå

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

Tampere
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (561.6 km/sec.)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (10.64nT), the direction is slightly South (-9.84nT).
The Disturbance Storm Time index predicts moderate storm conditions right now (-73nT)
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
C5.75

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