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 | 147 | -4 |
| New regions | 0 | -1 |
| 10.7cm Solar Radio Flux | 182 | 10 |
| Carrington Rotation | 2296 | |
H-alpha plages without spots
| Region | Location |
|---|---|
| None | |
Region 4043 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 17 | 100 | EAI | N14W43 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 40% | 10% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 4044 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 6 | 40 | DSO | N20W20 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 25% | 5% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 4045 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 7 | 10 | AXX | S14E08 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Solar flares from today | ||||
| C2.0 | ||||
Region 4046 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 6 | 250 | CHO | N05E15 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 60% | 20% | 5% | 5% | |
Region 4047 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 4 | 50 | CRO | S15W66 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 25% | 5% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 4048 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 29 | 450 | EKC | S16E32 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 99% | 70% | 20% | 20% | |
Region 4049 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 8 | 50 | CSO | S31E12 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 15% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Solar flares from today | ||||
| C2.3 | ||||
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| Last X-flare | 2025/03/28 | X1.1 |
| Last M-flare | 2025/04/01 | M2.4 |
| Last geomagnetic storm | 2025/03/27 | Kp5 (G1) |
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|---|---|
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| Monthly mean Sunspot Number | |
|---|---|
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| April 2025 | 147 -7.6 |
| Last 30 days | 128.8 -21.8 |