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Faint partial halo coronal mass ejection

Sunspot region 2740 has been much less active as it has been decayed the past few days. But that didn't mean it went totally quiet. A minor eruption near the this sunspot region took place around midnight UTC yesterday and launched a faint partial halo coronal mass ejection that could arrive at Earth in a few days from now.

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The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (520.2 km/sec.)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (11.4nT), the direction is North (10.27nT).
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
M3.12

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