Are sunspots named or individually tracked?

Asked May 25 '21 at 15:51

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This is a follow-up question to How are the solar flares from May 23, 2021 extraordinary? which is about news of spaceweather.org. In the present question, I am curious solely about sun-spots and why some of them seem to have names like AR2824, and how they are tracked.

So what exactly is that name? Can I find a history about each sun-spot? How are sunspots tracked?

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Is there a database of past sunspots?

edited May 25 '21 at 15:57

asked May 25 '21 at 15:51

B--rian

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Sunspots do have designations, like you said, AR2824. I don't think they have names because they only last so long. – WarpPrime May 25 '21 at 16:37
According to an answer to my previous question, the designations actually refer to active regions which are not sunspots. I would like to learn more about those regions, too. – B--rian May 25 '21 at 17:03

Are sunspots named or individually tracked?

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