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M1.6 solar flare from sunspot region 2192 (old region 2172)

Yesterday we saw the return of old sunspot region 2172 on the solar disk which is now numbered as sunspot region 2192. Sunspot region 2192 looks very big but it wasn't that active until this morning when a moderatly strong M1.6 flare erupted.

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