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 | 84 | |
| New regions | 1 | 1 |
| 10.7cm Solar Radio Flux | 136 | -13 |
| Carrington Rotation | 2297 | |
H-alpha plages without spots
| Region | Location |
|---|---|
| 4083 | N18W81 |
Region 4079 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 16 -2 | 1100 -60 | DKC | N07W66 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 80% | 30% | 5% | 5% | |
Solar flares from today | ||||
| C1.9 C2.2 C1.8 C1.4 C1.6 C4.8 | ||||
Region 4081 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 13 | 130 -20 | DAI | N07W35 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 35% | 5% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 4082 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 5 -5 | 50 -40 | CSO | S10W05 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 25% | 5% | 1% | 1% | |
Solar flares from today | ||||
| C1.0 | ||||
Region 4084 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 3 | 60 20 | CSO | S20E49 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 15% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
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|---|---|
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