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 | 173 | -12 |
| New regions | 1 | |
| 10.7cm Solar Radio Flux | 216 | -4 |
| Carrington Rotation | 2284 | |
Regions due to return
| Region | Lat. |
|---|---|
| 3655 | S27 |
H-alpha plages without spots
| Region | Location |
|---|---|
| None | |
Region 3667 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 120 | HSX | N28W75 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3670 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 7 | 10 | DAO | N20W52 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 25% | 5% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3671 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 7 | 30 | CRO | N24W53 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 15% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3672 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 40 | HAX | N19W25 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 10% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3673 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 20 | HRX | S10W03 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 10% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3674 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 10 | 120 | CSO | S14E09 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 15% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3675 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 2 | 20 | DRO | S14W87 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 15% | 5% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3676 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 4 | 90 | CSO | S22W35 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 15% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3679 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 7 | 240 | DSO | S09E29 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 35% | 10% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3680 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 2 | 10 | AXX | N17E31 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3682 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 6 | 80 | CSO | N13E41 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 15% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3683 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 5 | 30 | DRO | S23W12 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 15% | 5% | 1% | 1% | |
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