Sunspot regions Help
On this page you'll find an overview of all the visible sunspot regions on the Sun together with their properties, images and the chances on solar flares or proton events. This page is updated daily and the sunspot images every hour.
Today's Sun
| Sunspot number | 176 | 24 |
| New regions | 1 | -1 |
| 10.7cm Solar Radio Flux | 238 | 15 |
| Carrington Rotation | 2292 | |
Regions due to return
| Region | Lat. |
|---|---|
| None | |
H-alpha plages without spots
| Region | Location |
|---|---|
| None | |
Region 3926 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 100 | HSX | S19W36 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3927 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 90 | HSX | S06W03 | |
  | ||||
Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 10% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3928 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 18 | 260 | DKO | S12E05 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 65% | 25% | 5% | 5% | |
Region 3929 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 4 | 20 | BXO | N16W11 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 10% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3930 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 6 | 180 | EAI | S23W77 | |
  | ||||
Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 55% | 15% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3931 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 10 | AXX | N25W10 | |
  | ||||
Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| -% | -% | -% | -% | |
Region 3932 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 25 | 480 | FKC | S19E30 | |
  | ||||
Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 85% | 45% | 10% | 5% | |
Region 3933 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 18 | 300 | FKI | S08E05 | |
  | ||||
Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 75% | 30% | 5% | 1% | |
Region 3934 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 4 | 40 | CSO | N13E35 | |
  | ||||
Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 10% | 5% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3935 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 2 | 150 | CSO | S20E55 | |
  | ||||
Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 10% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3936 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 9 | 260 | DKO | N15E40 | |
  | ||||
Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 30% | 10% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3937 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 40 | HRX | S11E65 | |
  | ||||
Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 10% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
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|---|---|
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