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

                                               

2012

                               

2013

                                       

2014

                                   

2015

                       

2016

                       

2017

                 

2018

                     

2019

                     

2020

                 

2021

                             

2022

                                         

2023

                                           

2024

                                   

Last updated on 12 January 2005.