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 | 125 | 21 |
| New regions | 1 | |
| 10.7cm Solar Radio Flux | 142 | 7 |
| Carrington Rotation | 2283 | |
Region 3654 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 6 | 240 | EAI | S07W87 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 80% | 45% | 10% | 10% | |
Region 3655 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 20 | HRX | S26W90 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3661 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 3 -2 | 50 | CSO | N24E21 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 15% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3662 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 4 -7 | 110 20 | EAO | N30W21 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 20% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3663 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 29 11 | 420 190 | EKC | N26E03 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 95% | 65% | 25% | 10% | |
Solar flares from today | ||||
| C2.7 C2.4 X1.6 C6.0 M4.4 | ||||
Region 3664 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 23 10 | 260 140 | EKI | S18E47 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 75% | 25% | 5% | 5% | |
Solar flares from today | ||||
| M2.7 C5.2 | ||||
Region 3665 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 30 20 | HRX | S06E61 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3666 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 9 | 30 | DAO | N07E22 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
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