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Sunspot region AR12497

Number of
sunspots		 Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2016/02/07 10 50 DAI N13E58
2016/02/08 9 70 DAI N13E49
2016/02/09 10 200 DAO N13E36
2016/02/10 14 180 DAI N13E22
2016/02/11 22 240 EAC N13E08
2016/02/12 22 180 EAC N13W06
2016/02/13 20 250 EAC N13W19
2016/02/14 23 220 EAC N12W35
2016/02/15 18 200 EAC N12W48
2016/02/16 16 240 EAC N12W62
2016/02/17 14 220 EAC N13W76
2016/02/18 14 220 EAC N13W89
2016/02/19 14 220 EAC N13W0*
BCM
7678

The top 10 solar flares from sunspot region 12497

Start Maximum End
1M2.572016/02/1315:1615:2415:26
2M1.712016/02/1510:4111:0011:06
3M1.492016/02/1210:3610:4710:53
4M1.492016/02/1419:1819:2619:29
5M1.362016/02/1704:5405:0105:07
6M1.282016/02/1120:1821:0321:28
7M1.062016/02/1718:0618:1318:19
8M1.032016/02/1801:4901:5802:04
9C9.942016/02/1409:5210:2510:30
10C9.822016/02/1217:1017:2117:27
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