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 | 168 | -40 |
| New regions | 1 | -1 |
| 10.7cm Solar Radio Flux | 194 | -10 |
| Carrington Rotation | 2284 | |
Regions due to return
| Region | Lat. |
|---|---|
| None | |
Region 3672 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 21 20 | 20 -20 | HSX | N18W64 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3673 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 10 -10 | HRX | S08W41 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3674 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 13 5 | 180 60 | CSI | S12W30 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 45% | 5% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3676 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 80 -20 | HAX | S20W74 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 10% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3679 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 13 | 260 30 | EHO | S10W09 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 50% | 5% | 1% | 1% | |
Solar flares from today | ||||
| C3.8 C7.1 | ||||
Region 3682 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 10 | AXX | N16E03 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3683 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 14 6 | 120 60 | DSI | S23W48 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 45% | 10% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3685 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 10 3 | 380 160 | EHI | S13E37 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 80% | 30% | 10% | 10% | |
Solar flares from today | ||||
| C4.1 C3.9 | ||||
Region 3686 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 2 | 120 -70 | HAX | S07E52 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 20% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
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