Viewing archive of Tuesday, 11 October 2016 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum flux
56 -80 -1B2.86B6.3

Sunspot regions

Region 12598

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
11 -4 90 -30 CAI N15W51
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

B4.86

Region 12599

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
9 -1 250 -150 CKO S15W21
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 12600

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -2 80 -30 HSX N11E19
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 12601

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 20 CRO N06W57
HMIIF
HMIBC

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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

Tórshavn
Oulu, Rovaniemi, Kuopio, Sodankylä
Trondheim
Arkhangelsk
Kiruna, Luleå, Sundsvall, Umeå
The direction of the interplanetary magnetic field is slightly South (-5.81nT).
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
M1.05

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