Viewing archive of Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxC
105 71B6C7.147

Sunspot regions

Region 11809

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 10 AXX N14W0*
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

C7.09 C2.14

Region 11814

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 10 HRX S27W18
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 11817

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
22 -1 240 60 ESC S21W04
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

C2.16 C5.11 C2.14 C2.26

Region 11818

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
17 9 340 220 DHC S07E21
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 11819

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 2 20 10 CRO S17E07
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 11820

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 60 CSO S13E59
HMIIF
HMIBC

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G2 - Moderate geomagnetic storm

Observed Kp: 6
Threshold reached: 17:48 UTC

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

Oulu, Rovaniemi, Sodankylä, Utsjoki
Kirkenes
Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Norilsk, Vorkuta
Kiruna, Luleå
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (613.7 km/sec.)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (14.83nT), the direction is slightly South (-0.91nT).
The Disturbance Storm Time index predicts moderate storm conditions right now (-75nT)
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
C7.01

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