Viewing archive of Sunday, 9 March 2014 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxCM
123 -150 -1C1.33M1.54124

Sunspot regions

Region 11990

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 -7 110 -90 HSX S12W82
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 11991

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 -2 40 -50 CAO S26W61
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 11995

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 30 -10 CAO S16W89
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 11996

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
16 -5 80 -30 DAI N15W23
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

C3.06 C1.9

Region 11998

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 -1 80 -20 CAO S09E27
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 11999

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 -10 10 -50 BXO S16W19
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 12000

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
7 -1 40 -30 CAO S11E13
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 12001

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 -1 50 -10 CAO N19W65
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 12002

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 50 CAO S19E64
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

C4.02 C4.31 C9.31 C6.83 C2.74 M1.02 M1.47 M1.1 C2.96 C2.3 M1.54 C3.8 C7.48 C3.85

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G2 - Moderate geomagnetic storm

Observed Kp: 6
Threshold reached: 16:44 UTC

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

Surgut

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

Kazan, Perm, Yekaterinburg
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (507.1 km/sec.)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (15.97nT), the direction is moderately South (-12.38nT).
The Disturbance Storm Time index predicts strong storm conditions right now (-149nT)

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