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Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum flux
12 -250B1.34B6.31

Sunspot regions

Region 12573

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 90 CSO N04W0*

Region 12574

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 70 -20 HSX N06W84
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 12576

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 -1 40 -10 HAX S11W69
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 12578

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 -1 20 CRO N09E07
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

B5.84

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

Norilsk, Vorkuta
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
M1.61

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