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 | 196 | -87 |
| New regions | 1 | |
| 10.7cm Solar Radio Flux | 167 | -32 |
| Carrington Rotation | 2283 | |
Regions due to return
| Region | Lat. |
|---|---|
| 3628 | N08 |
H-alpha plages without spots
| Region | Location |
|---|---|
| None | |
Region 3639 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 2 | 20 | CAO | N30W74 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 15% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3643 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 5 | 20 | CAO | S12W75 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| -% | -% | -% | -% | |
Region 3644 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 2 | 40 | HSX | N13W45 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 10% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3645 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 12 | 220 | DAI | S08W87 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 70% | 35% | 5% | 5% | |
Region 3646 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 9 | 130 | DAO | N21W43 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 40% | 10% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3647 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 8 | 120 | DAC | S13W85 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 50% | 15% | 5% | 5% | |
Region 3648 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 8 | 80 | DAI | N18W60 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 50% | 15% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3650 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 2 | 10 | BXO | S11W62 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| -% | -% | -% | -% | |
Region 3651 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 20 | AXX | N09W52 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| -% | -% | -% | -% | |
Region 3652 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 80 | HSX | N13W35 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 10% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3653 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 0 | AXX | N03W03 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| -% | -% | -% | -% | |
Region 3654 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 12 | 210 | EAI | S06W02 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 70% | 20% | 5% | 1% | |
Region 3655 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 4 | 100 | DSO | S26E08 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 25% | 5% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3656 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 10 | AXX | S12E17 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3657 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 3 | 30 | BXO | S11W12 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3658 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 3 | 20 | CRO | S21W48 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 10% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 3659 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 10 | AXX | S13E31 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
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