Disk Animations

Sunspot numbers derived from individual drawings are shown below in the form of a colour table from blue through to red via green and yellow. A sunspot number of 0 is , a sunspot number of 50 is , a sunspot number of 100 is , a sunspot number of 150 is while a sunspot number of 200 or more is . The numbers are given for each solar rotation so that active longitudes can be identified. Dates can be seen by placing the mouse icon over each coloured square.

Rotation

                                                     

1972

                                       

1973

                                   

1974

                                         

1975

                       

1976

           

1977

           

1978

                           

1979

                                     

1980

                       

1981

                                       

1982

                               

1983

                                       

1984

                             

Last updated on 22 December 2002.