Woo-hoo, NOAA has finally issued numbers for our new active regions! Of course they got them backwards (cough, cough) and you'll notice 1617 no longer exists (ha, try to sneak one past me, eh?). The one to watch IMO is AR1619 (just below 1616) which is growing fast. The other new guy is 1618 which is further east and comprised of a 8 or 9 tiny spots. You'd think NOAA would have this down to a science by now, LOL. Sheeesh.

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary
SRS Number 323 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Nov 2012
Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Nov
I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z
Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type
1610 S23W76 263 0060 Cso 03 02 Beta
1611 N12W57 244 0120 Hsx 02 01 Alpha
1612 N09W43 230 0030 Cro 04 03 Beta
1613 S24W19 206 0100 Cso 06 10 Beta-Gamma
1614 N15W07 194 0160 Dai 10 31 Beta
1615 N08W21 208 0010 Bxo 05 04 Beta
1616 N19E23 164 0060 Cso 10 12 Beta
1618 N09E50 136 0020 Eai 13 01 Beta
1619 N10E16 171 0090 Dao 05 09 Beta
[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

Latest HMI Intensitygram:
[link to jsoc.stanford.edu]

Latest HMI Magnetogram:
[link to sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov]

AR1619-looks like a dog's paw!
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