Solarflaretracker200 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 The highest I saw was on October 28 with 96 sunspots. The same day I had started watching, a few hours previously I had miss the X solar flare. I was disappointed...But anyways 96 sunspots so far is the highest I have seen. What about you guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancanneyt Sander Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 200+ 😎 september-november 2001 the days I started my interest in the events on the Sun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarflaretracker200 Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share Posted November 24, 2021 (edited) Wow! 200+ I bet there was some good X class solar flares. Edited November 24, 2021 by Solarflaretracker200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancanneyt Sander Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 High sunspot number doesn’t necessarily mean stronger solar flares it just means many many spots and regions and a solar flux that’s around C-level with daily M-class solar flares and a few minor X-class flares. in 2003, we where way past solar max (monthly mean 97 SSN) and we had the strongest flares in recent history X17, X28), the SSN was then 238 so that would be my record 😜 Ps: the strongest solar flares aren’t in solar max but most times just after solar max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarflaretracker200 Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share Posted November 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, Vancanneyt Sander said: High sunspot number doesn’t necessarily mean stronger solar flares it just means many many spots and regions and a solar flux that’s around C-level with daily M-class solar flares and a few minor X-class flares. in 2003, we where way past solar max (monthly mean 97 SSN) and we had the strongest flares in recent history X17, X28), the SSN was then 238 so that would be my record 😜 Ps: the strongest solar flares aren’t in solar max but most times just after solar max. Oh ok! I thought the more sunspots there are the more X class solar flares! For example on October 28th the X class happened and I thought it was because of the number of sunspots. But I guess I was wrong. But then when the M Class solar flares happened I remember on Nov 1 and Nov 2 the sunspots were lower then on Oct 28. I think I am all wrong on this lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancanneyt Sander Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 23 minuten geleden, Solarflaretracker200 zei: Oh ok! I thought the more sunspots there are the more X class solar flares! Sometimes you only need one big active and magnetically complex region to do that 😉 its not the number that counts, it’s the size 😜 and complexity of the region(s) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarflaretracker200 Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share Posted November 24, 2021 22 minutes ago, Vancanneyt Sander said: Sometimes you only need one big active and magnetically complex region to do that 😉 its not the number that counts, it’s the size 😜 and complexity of the region(s) Oh... maybe that is what I got mixed up on then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Warfel Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Check out some of the past monster sunspot groups, the behemoths can have hundreds of spots and crackle with X-class flares. the SWL YouTube documentary on the Halloween Storms is a good look at one such time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farm24 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 was well below 60 but i dont remember as i just stared to get into this hobby a couple of months ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Warfel Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Maybe the 68 around Nov 1st or so, although it may have been higher before and I didn't notice. I do remember sometime earlier this year we had 6 active regions on the sun at once, the first time in a few years that's happened. Idk how many sunspots there were then though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamateur 1953 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 1980 was epic. on one day the russian woodpecker which followed the maximum usable frequency was just under 50 mhz ! It was a reliable indication of how intense the ionosphere was over certain paths. unfortunately it wrecked our communications at the same time 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Warfel Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 1 hour ago, hamateur 1953 said: 1980 was epic. on one day the russian woodpecker which followed the maximum usable frequency was just under 50 mhz ! It was a reliable indication of how intense the ionosphere was over certain paths. unfortunately it wrecked our communications at the same time 😂 Russian woodpecker??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarflaretracker200 Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share Posted November 26, 2021 15 minutes ago, Orneno said: Russian woodpecker It’s a radar I think 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamateur 1953 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 sorry. apologies. Im a ham and watch the solar flux on a daily basis. There was something called over the horizon radar in use by the Russians. The main transmitter was located near Pripyat ( yup close to Chernobyl) and probably somewhere someone has a recording of our little irritant. We weren’t at all sorry when it went away. 😇 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarflaretracker200 Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 127 sunspots is my new highest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Warfel Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 9 hours ago, Solarflaretracker200 said: 127 sunspots is my new highest! I don’t keep track of the sunspot number, just the amount of ARs. 7 is also a new high for me though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarflaretracker200 Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 On 12/17/2021 at 8:16 AM, Orneno said: I don’t keep track of the sunspot number, just the amount of ARs. 7 is also a new high for me though! Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braintic Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 The highest count was 528 on Aug 26 1870 (SIDC data). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Warfel Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 It’s also been 7 again today or yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Warfel Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 We just hit 8 Active Regions! New high for me! Apparently, that’s the most in more than 4 years! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarflaretracker200 Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 Oh wow 9 Regions at once on the sun... not all AR but that is the highest I have seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancanneyt Sander Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 10 if you count the new active region on the limb that already gave us 2 M-flares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarflaretracker200 Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 10 Regions at once on the sun... now that is something I thought I wouldn't see ever. Even though they are not all AR, that's pretty impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Warfel Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Vancanneyt Sander said: 10 if you count the new active region on the limb that already gave us 2 M-flares. Only 9 on the images on SWL, what’s the 10th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarflaretracker200 Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 I think its barely on the limb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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