X2.9 solar flare, Welcome back 3664?

maandag 27 mei 2024 17:22 UTC

The solar flare was highly eruptive but the resulting coronal mass ejection is not aimed towards our planet. What a return! We should be able to see in about 24 to 48 hours from now what is left of this sunspot region. It will take an additional 5 days or so for the region to be at the center of the earth-facing solar disk. Who is excited and hopeful that the region still packs a punch as it rotates into an earth-facing position?

Today's X2.9 solar flare likely came from old sunspot region 3664 which was the source of many major X-class solar flares during its previous visit of the earth-facing solar disk and an extreme G5 geomagnetic storm which was the first of its kind in 21 years. The solar flare was… pic.twitter.com/VTf3ri6XP4

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Another look at the impressive X2.9 solar flare that peaked today at 07:08 UTC. This animation shows how an impressive amount of solar plasma is flung into space. Big thanks to forum user Juress for creating this animation.

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