FIGURE 1. This is a recent SXT satellite image of the Sun (January 6, 2000) overlayed with a Stoneyhurst grid. Yellow areas represent regions of strong X-ray emission (active regions on the Sun). The locations and numbers of several active regions are given.

FIGURE 2. This is a close up, taken on the same day as Figure 1, in X-ray light, of active region #8810 (in the upper right of Figure 1).