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 | 143 | 15 |
| New regions | 2 | 2 |
| 10.7cm Solar Radio Flux | 230 | -4 |
| Carrington Rotation | 2293 | |
Region 3959 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 8 | 460 -40 | CKO | N18W31 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 35% | 5% | 1% | 1% | |
Solar flares from today | ||||
| C4.2 | ||||
Region 3961 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 42 20 | 780 | EKC | S09W07 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 85% | 40% | 10% | 10% | |
Region 3962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 12 7 | 110 | CSI | N18E02 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 25% | 5% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3964 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 12 | 400 | EKI | N06W75 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 70% | 25% | 5% | 5% | |
Region 3965 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 5 2 | 140 | CAO | N14E18 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 20% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3967 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 6 4 | 60 | CSO | S17E29 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 20% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3968 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 2 -4 | 30 10 | CRI | S19W83 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 45% | 10% | 1% | 1% | |
Solar flares from today | ||||
| C5.0 C4.3 C2.7 C6.3 C2.9 | ||||
Region 3969 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 11 6 | 30 10 | DRI | S06E46 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 40% | 10% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 6 | 10 | BXI | N14E27 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 15% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3971 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 7 | 20 | CRI | N12E05 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 20% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
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