A moderate solar flare measuring M1.3 peaked at 06:45 UTC on Sunday, June 10, 2012. The event started at 06:39, peaked at 06:45 and ended at 06:50. This is third solar flare in last 24 hours.
New Sunspots 1504 and 1505 were numbered yesterday and are located next to each other in the southeast quadrant. Each produced M-Class solar flares yesterday.
Solar wind
speed: 437.0 km/sec
density: 4.1 protons/cm3
Updated: June 10, 08:57 UTC
X-ray Solar Flares
6-hr max: M1 06:45 UTC June 10
24-hr: M1 06:45 UTC June 10
Updated: June 10, 08:00 UTC
Featured image: SDO/AIA 193 on June 10, 2012 at 06:46:58 UTC
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