We admit! We have been ignoring sunspot region 2674 since it appeared on the solar disk a few days ago. It was a large sunspot region at the time with two massive sunspots. It however wasn't all that complicated and there wasn't much of a risk that it would produce a strong solar flare. That changed however during the past 12 hours or so. Keep on reading to find out what sparked our sudden interest in this sunspot region.
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Last X-flare | 2024/09/14 | X4.54 |
Last M-flare | 2024/09/14 | M3.0 |
Last geomagnetic storm | 2024/09/17 | Kp8- (G4) |
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Last spotless day | 2022/06/08 |
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August 2024 | 215.5 +19 |
September 2024 | 151.6 -63.9 |
Last 30 days | 159.7 -53.2 |