Introduction
Sunspot Activity Notes
Solar Observing CD-ROM
Sunspot Development
Disk Animations
Disk Drawings
Eclipses of the Sun
Glossary
Hydrogen Alpha
Latest Disk Animation
Latest Disk Drawing
Sunspot Measurements
Observing the Sun
Parallactic Angle
Software
Solar Books
Stonyhurst Disks
The Sun as viewed from the Earth
Sunspot Area
Sunspot Location
Sunspot Numbers
Sunspot Trends
Transits
Useful Links
What's New

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

                                                       

1905

                              1st February 1996 2nd February 1996 3rd February 1996 4th February 1996                  

1906

  14th February 1996     17th February 1996 18th February 1996 19th February 1996   21st February 1996         26th February 1996 27th February 1996 28th February 1996 29th February 1996                   10th March 1996  

1907

            17th March 1996           23rd March 1996   25th March 1996   27th March 1996 28th March 1996 29th March 1996 30th March 1996   1st April 1996 2nd April 1996 3rd April 1996 4th April 1996 5th April 1996    

1908

8th April 1996         13th April 1996   15th April 1996 16th April 1996 17th April 1996     20th April 1996       24th April 1996 25th April 1996 26th April 1996 27th April 1996 28th April 1996         3rd May 1996 4th May 1996  

1909

5th May 1996 6th May 1996 7th May 1996 8th May 1996 9th May 1996 10th May 1996   12th May 1996 13th May 1996 14th May 1996 15th May 1996               23rd May 1996   25th May 1996   27th May 1996 28th May 1996   30th May 1996 31st May 1996  

1910

1st June 1996 2nd June 1996 3rd June 1996 4th June 1996 5th June 1996 6th June 1996 7th June 1996   9th June 1996   11th June 1996 12th June 1996 13th June 1996 14th June 1996 15th June 1996 16th June 1996 17th June 1996 18th June 1996     21st June 1996 22nd June 1996 23rd June 1996 24th June 1996 25th June 1996 26th June 1996    

1911

                        10th July 1996 11th July 1996 12th July 1996 13th July 1996 14th July 1996   16th July 1996 17th July 1996 18th July 1996 19th July 1996 20th July 1996 21st July 1996 22nd July 1996      

1912

25th July 1996 26th July 1996 27th July 1996   29th July 1996   31st July 1996 1st August 1996 2nd August 1996 3rd August 1996 4th August 1996 5th August 1996         10th August 1996 11th August 1996       15th August 1996 16th August 1996 17th August 1996 18th August 1996 19th August 1996 20th August 1996 21st August 1996

1913

22nd August 1996   24th August 1996   26th August 1996 27th August 1996         1st September 1996   3rd September 1996   5th September 1996 6th September 1996   8th September 1996         13th September 1996 14th September 1996 15th September 1996 16th September 1996 17th September 1996  

1914

      21st September 1996   23rd September 1996 24th September 1996                   4th October 1996 5th October 1996               13th October 1996    

1915

  16th October 1996     19th October 1996   21st October 1996   23rd October 1996 24th October 1996   26th October 1996     29th October 1996     1st November 1996       5th November 1996 6th November 1996   8th November 1996 9th November 1996    

1916

    13th November 1996 14th November 1996 15th November 1996 16th November 1996   18th November 1996     21st November 1996   23rd November 1996         28th November 1996   30th November 1996   2nd December 1996   4th December 1996 5th December 1996      

1917

          14th December 1996               22nd December 1996 23rd December 1996 24th December 1996   26th December 1996   28th December 1996   30th December 1996 31st December 1996          

Top of Page

Last updated on 22 December 2002.