Viewing archive of Thursday, 12 October 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
126 -230 -2C1.49C9.7631

Sunspot regions

Region 13451

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 270 EKI N16W0*
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

M1.1

Region 13452

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 5 AXX N09W0*
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13454

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 40 -10 HSX S11W85
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13460

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
11 120 10 DAO S10W34
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

C9.6

Region 13461

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 -1 10 -10 BXO N11W16
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13462

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
8 50 -20 CAO N23E08
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13463

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
12 5 70 20 DAI S17E19
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13464

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 90 10 CAO N04E35
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

C2.3

Region 13465

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 180 60 HSX N10E55
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13466

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 -3 20 -10 CAO N09W09
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

Whitehorse, YT
Anchorage, AK, Fairbanks, AK
The direction of the interplanetary magnetic field is slightly South (-6.55nT).

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