Viewing archive of Saturday, 16 March 2002 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [MDI, AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxC
124 -100 -1M1.14M2.365

Sunspot regions

Region 9856

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -2 50 -50 HSX S04W85

Region 9860

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 3 20 10 CSO S07W68

Region 9864

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 -2 40 -10 CSO N18W35

Solar flares on this day

C3.34

Region 9866

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
26 -10 690 -130 EKI S09W06

Region 9868

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 -7 20 CSO N20W18

Region 9870

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 -2 90 -30 CSO S19E06

Region 9871

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 -1 200 -10 ESO S20E44

Solar flares on this day

C4.16

Region 9872

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 30 DAO S31E09

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