Solar activity April 15th 2013

[Tim De Blanck]

SpaceWeatherLive Report

Analysis of the Solar Activity April 15th 2013

 

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After the M3 solar flare from April 12th, solar activity decreased back to minor levels, we only saw a few minor C flares. The background flux is around B4 level. 

Sunspots:

1718 has rotated of the visible solar disk.

1719 is slowly losing it's magnetic complexity and is a simple Beta spot. No further significant flare activity are expected.

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1722 is also slowly losing it's magnetic complexity.

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1723 is the only region that is noteworthy on the visible solar disk. It grew very fast in the last 24 hours and got magnetically more complex with now a clear beta-gamma characteristics. The leader spot shows two regions of opposite polarity close to the leader spots. This caused the few minor C-class flares from today.

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Flares:

There were some small C flares today but nothing worth mentioning. If the development in active region 1723 keeps up at this pace we could see further C-class flare activity. 

Farside:

There are no regions on the farside which could increase activity any time soon.