October 3, 2016
A short Summary of Carrington Rotation 2180
Carrington Rotation 2180 covered the time period from 2016-07-30 1539 UT until 2016-08-26 2116 UT.
All 426 submitted observations and images can be viewed in ALPO’s Solar Archive for CR2180:
http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=86911
12 Active Regions could be observed during this rotation with the largest region, AR2574, reaching the largest Active Region Area for the royation of 290 millionth on August 10th. In addition, the Rotation showed two Regions which exceeded an area of over 200 millionths, AR2571 and AR2574. The total Active Region Area for the hemisphere maxed out on August 9 at 490 millionths, which coincided with the highest spot count for the rotation of 31 and a Wolf number of 91. The previous rotations, CR2178 and CR2179 had respectively 11 and 5 days without active regions, and CR2180 continued this pattern with another 5 days without any Active Regions.
We thank all of those who did submit their data and their continued effort to record the solar activity over the years.
This Rotation we are featuring three images from our observers, Dave Tyler, Jamey Jenkins and Chris Schur. Thanks to them as well as all other contributors for a great rotation. Please take a look at their images in our archive.
The ALPO Solar Team.
