Viewing archive of Tuesday, 4 December 2012 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum flux
58 141 1B1.71C1.01

Sunspot regions

Region 11621

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 1 80 DAO N17W42

Region 11623

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 2 140 10 CSO N08W05

Solar flares on this day

B9.96 B2.85 B3.26 B4.55 B6.8 B5.13 B4.03

Region 11625

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 -2 60 DSO N14W05

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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

Gillam, MB, Whitehorse, YT, Yellowknife, NT
Anchorage, AK, Fairbanks, AK, Juneau, AK
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
M4.28

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