Viewing archive of Wednesday, 21 June 2023 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [MDI, AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxCM
190 351 -1C1.7M1.1742

Sunspot regions

Region 13333

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 -6 80 20 CAO S12W58
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13335

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
17 -1 220 20 EAI S15W30
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13337

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
10 9 120 110 CSO N16W10
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

C9.9 C5.5

Region 13338

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 -3 40 -10 CSO N11W10
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13339

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 3 140 CAO S18E14
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13340

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
12 5 120 40 DAI N21E17
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13341

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
7 3 190 80 CSO S15E44
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

C5.1 M1.1 C4.4

Region 13342

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 -2 200 130 DAO S22W88
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

C2.5 C3.5 C3.0

Region 13344

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 -1 80 70 DAO N22W61
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13345

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 2 80 50 CSO N10E45
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13346

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 20 CAO N08E22
HMIIF
HMIBC

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G2 - Moderate geomagnetic storm

Observed Kp: 6
Threshold reached: 20:16 UTC

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

Oulu, Rovaniemi, Sodankylä, Utsjoki
Kirkenes, Tromsø
Murmansk, Vorkuta
Kiruna, Luleå
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (576.3 km/sec.)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (17.49nT), the direction is North (4.03nT).
The Disturbance Storm Time index predicts moderate storm conditions right now (-77nT)
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
C7.01

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