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 | 72 | -5 |
| New regions | 0 | |
| 10.7cm Solar Radio Flux | 114 | 8 |
| Carrington Rotation | 2311 | |
Regions due to return
| Region | Lat. |
|---|---|
| None | |
Region 4436 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 7 1 | 100 15 | CSI | N18W77 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 40% | 10% | 1% | 1% | |
Solar flares from today | ||||
| B8.0 | ||||
Region 4439 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 5 | 20 -30 | HRX | N06E17 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 10% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
Solar flares from today | ||||
| B8.7 C1.0 | ||||
Region 4441 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 14 6 | 120 35 | EAI | N08W28 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 60% | 15% | 1% | 1% | |
Region 4443 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sunspots | Size | Class Magn. | Class Spot | Location |
| 1 | 10 5 | AXX | S17E25 | |
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Flare probabilities | ||||
| C | M | X | Proton | |
| 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
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| Last X-flare | 2026/04/24 | X2.5 |
| Last M-flare | 2026/05/17 | M1.4 |
| Last geomagnetic storm | 2026/05/16 | Kp6- (G2) |
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|---|---|
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| 2026 | 3 days (2%) |
| Last spotless day | 2026/02/24 |
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|---|---|
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| May 2026 | 90.4 +11.1 |
| Last 30 days | 99.3 +8.3 |
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