Friday, August 26, 2011

SolarCycle24.com | Update - August 26, 2011 at 12:20 PM CDT


Solar Update: Several Sunspots located in the nothern hemisphere were numbered on Thursday including 1277, 1278 and 1279. Each of these regions are magnetically simple and do not currently pose a threat for strong solar flares.

Sunspot 1271 which is heading towards the western limb, remains quiet but may still produce C-Class flares.

It appears that the region 1276 is growing again.