Active longitudes of sunspots

The inhomogeneity of the sunspot group longitude distribution has been determined depending on the rotation period used to determine a longitude. The statistical significance of the found active longitudes has been estimated. It has been indicated that a rather high reliability is reached only when the synodic rotation period is close to 27 and 28 days. In this case active longitudes show the long-term variation related to the north-south asymmetry of the sunspot formation. It is assumed that active longitudes are related to the relic magnetic field frozen in a uniformly rotating solar radiative zone.