Viewing archive of Tuesday, 17 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 fluxC
57 -490 -1B5.87C2.212

Sunspot regions

Region 13460

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 30 HSX S10W0*
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13463

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 -10 10 BXO S17W44
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

C1.1 C2.2

Region 13464

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
7 -2 90 -10 CSO N04W34
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13465

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
19 13 220 30 CAO N11W11
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

C1.6

Region 13466

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 10 BXO N08W76
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13467

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 10 AXX N13E28
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13468

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 130 50 HAX S09E55
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

Gillam, MB, Yellowknife, NT
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
C5.26

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