We admit! We have been ignoring sunspot region 2674 since it appeared on the solar disk a few days ago. It was a large sunspot region at the time with two massive sunspots. It however wasn't all that complicated and there wasn't much of a risk that it would produce a strong solar flare. That changed however during the past 12 hours or so. Keep on reading to find out what sparked our sudden interest in this sunspot region.
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| Last X-flare | 2026/02/04 | X4.21 |
| Last M-flare | 2026/02/16 | M2.4 |
| Last geomagnetic storm | 2026/02/16 | Kp6 (G2) |
| Spotless days | |
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| Last spotless day | 2022/06/08 |
| Monthly mean Sunspot Number | |
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| January 2026 | 112.6 -11.4 |
| February 2026 | 106.5 -6.1 |
| Last 30 days | 124.3 +22.3 |