Sunspot region AR9957

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2002/05/17 4 570 EKO N06E67
2002/05/18 27 830 FKC N08E58
2002/05/19 27 810 EKC N08E47
2002/05/20 38 830 EKC N08E34
2002/05/21 37 830 EKC N09E22
2002/05/22 59 760 EKC N09E08
2002/05/23 47 520 EAI N10W04
2002/05/24 46 420 EAC N10W19
2002/05/25 46 350 EAC N11W32
2002/05/26 26 310 EAI N10W45
2002/05/27 22 280 EAI N10W58
2002/05/28 26 290 EAO N10W73
2002/05/29 10 210 DAO N12W86
CM
112

The top 10 solar flares from sunspot region 9957

Start Maximum End
1M2.962002/05/2718:0018:1018:23
2M1.012002/05/1705:1605:2305:28
3C5.762002/05/2717:0317:1117:15
4C5.242002/05/2816:2916:3516:49
5C5.122002/05/2705:5706:1506:34
6C4.962002/05/1815:4015:4415:48
7C3.812002/05/1809:1809:2509:35
8C3.562002/05/2715:0515:0815:10
9C3.332002/05/1916:1816:2216:24
10C3.282002/05/1818:2418:2918:33

Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Oulu, Rovaniemi, Sodankylä
Reykjavik
Kiruna, Luleå
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
M1.61

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