We say farewell to the magnificent sunspot regions AR162 and 165 as October ends. But it does not rotate off the visible limb with a whimper, but with seventeen Class C X-ray events on October 30th.
Additional data required by A.L.P.O. The Carrington Rotation Number. Rotation #1995 commenced on October 6, 2002. Rotation #1996 commenced on November 2, 2002.
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| 10/30/02 - full solar disk at 23:45 UT |
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| 10/31/02 - full solar disk at 23:00 UT |
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| 11/01/02 - full solar disk at 22:45 UT |
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| 11/02/02 - full solar disk at 23:00 UT |
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| 11/02/02 - AR0177 DKI and AR0176 HSX active regions at 23:00 UT |
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| 11/03/02 - H-alpha view of the full solar disk 21:35 UT |