Viewing archive of Thursday, 30 January 2014 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxCM
112 160C1.71M9.5563

Sunspot regions

Region 11959

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -5 90 -50 HAX S23W75
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 11960

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 -3 70 -20 HSX S15W70
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 11965

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 20 CRO S13W43
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 11967

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
29 16 980 400 FKC S14E55
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

C3.25 C2.67 M3.09 M1.67 C4.87 C5.96 C2.08 M9.58 C6.91

Region 11968

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
11 6 210 110 EAO N09E54
HMIIF
HMIBC

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G2 - Moderate geomagnetic storm

Observed Kp: 6
Threshold reached: 20:16 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, Tromsø
Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Norilsk, Vorkuta
Kiruna, Luleå
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (639.6 km/sec.)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (17.24nT), the direction is North (9.14nT).
The Disturbance Storm Time index predicts moderate storm conditions right now (-85nT)
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
C7.01

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