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

                                               

2039

                               

2040

                             

2041

                                 

2042

                         

2043

                         

2044

           

2045

       

2046

                   

2047

                           

2048

                             

2049

                             

2050

                                 

2051

                                             

Last updated on 30 March 2007.