Viewing archive of Thursday, 17 May 2012 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxCM
114 -80B9.29M7.2951

Sunspot regions

Region 11476

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 -9 230 -30 CAO N13W73

Solar flares on this day

M7.32 C1.88 C1.93 C1.92

Region 11477

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 10 -20 AXX S21W32

Region 11478

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 60 -20 HSX S22W23

Region 11479

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
3 2 50 CSO N10E01

Region 11481

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 10 -20 AXX S10E19

Region 11482

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
9 5 130 60 CAO N13E10

Region 11483

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -6 10 AXX S26E13

Region 11484

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
9 3 120 110 DAO N09E38

Region 11485

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 2 10 BXO S20E51

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