Sunspot region AR12916

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2021/12/21 1 100 HSX S18E82
2021/12/22 3 240 DSO S18E68
2021/12/23 7 190 DSO S16E55
2021/12/24 17 400 DHI S18E42
2021/12/25 21 450 EKC S18E28
2021/12/26 17 430 EKC S18E14
2021/12/27 21 480 EKC S18W00
2021/12/28 18 480 EKI S15W08
2021/12/29 14 420 EHI S17W22
2021/12/30 14 640 ESI S16W36
2021/12/31 8 420 EHI N20W67
2022/01/01 4 390 EHI S16W63
2022/01/02 3 320 EHO S18W74
2022/01/03 2 140 DSO S17W87
2022/01/04 2 140 DSO S16W0*
BCM
932

The top 10 solar flares from sunspot region 12916

Start Maximum End
1M1.42021/12/2111:3111:4411:49
2M1.12021/12/2107:4307:5007:57
3C4.72021/12/2904:1804:2804:32
4C2.02021/12/2115:4415:5315:58
5C1.42021/12/2501:2601:3401:39
6B9.92021/12/2617:2817:3517:42
7B9.62021/12/2614:0314:0814:14
8B7.92021/12/3115:5816:1116:22
9B7.02022/01/0114:4815:0115:06
10B5.32022/01/0113:3713:4413:47

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

Oulu
Arkhangelsk, Norilsk, Vorkuta
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (10.58nT), the direction is slightly South (-7.91nT).

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