Viewing archive of Thursday, 15 February 2018 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

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Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum flux
15 -30A6.71B2.2

Sunspot regions

Region 12699

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
8 -2 140 -40 DSO S08W54
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

B1.49 B1.88 B1.53 B1.76 B1.44

All times in UTC

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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

Iqaluit, NU
Nuuk
Tórshavn
Oulu, Rovaniemi, Sodankylä, Utsjoki
Reykjavik
Kirkenes, Tromsø, Trondheim
Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Norilsk, Vorkuta
Kiruna, Luleå, Sundsvall, Umeå
The direction of the interplanetary magnetic field is slightly South (-7.92nT).

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