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Old sunspot region 2644 is back!

The remnants of old sunspot region 2644 (which was responsible for seven M-class solar flares during the first few days of this month) have now rotated back onto the earth-facing solar disk. It should receive sunspot number 2651 later today from the NOAA SWPC.

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