Viewing archive of Sunday, 23 December 2012 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxC
90 230B3.57C2.276

Sunspot regions

Region 11633

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
12 -3 170 -90 ESI S05W27

Solar flares on this day

C1.7 C1.16 C1.89

Region 11634

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
7 5 60 CSO S12W25

Region 11635

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
18 10 200 -50 ESI N10E22

Solar flares on this day

C2.26 B6.13 C1.06 B5.9 C1.33

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

Oulu, Rovaniemi, Sodankylä, Utsjoki
Kirkenes, Tromsø
Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Norilsk, Vorkuta
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
Trondheim
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
Petrozavodsk, Surgut, Syktyvkar
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (503.3 km/sec.)
The Disturbance Storm Time index predicts moderate storm conditions right now (-68nT)

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