🚨 ANOTHER POWERFUL X-FLARE!

Sunspot 4274 just fired off yet another monster—an X4-class solar flare early this morning. This blast wasn’t aimed squarely at Earth, but it did launch a fast CME that’s expected to give our magnetic field a glancing smack on Nov. 16–17.

A shortwave radio blackout hit the Indian Ocean during the eruption, and NASA models suggest we could see G1–G2 geomagnetic storms from the edge of this CME. Nothing like the wild Nov. 11–12 event, but high-latitude sky watchers might still snag some auroras.

Full story at Spaceweather.com. 🌌🔥

#SpaceWeather #SolarFlare #Aurora #Sunspot4274 #CME #SolarActivity

🚨 ANOTHER POWERFUL X-FLARE!

Sunspot 4274 just fired off yet another monster—an X4-class solar flare early this morning. This blast wasn’t aimed squarely at Earth, but it did launch a fast CME that’s expected to give our magnetic field a glancing smack on Nov. 16–17.

A shortwave radio blackout hit the Indian Ocean during the eruption, and NASA models suggest we could see G1–G2 geomagnetic storms from the edge of this CME. Nothing like the wild Nov. 11–12 event, but high-latitude sky watchers might still snag some auroras.

Full story at Spaceweather.com. 🌌🔥

#SpaceWeather #SolarFlare #Aurora #Sunspot4274 #CME #SolarActivity

We have aurora in Taos County NM right now... Can see with naked eye too. Wooooohooooo!

#aurora #northernlights #solarflare

We have aurora in Taos County NM right now... Can see with naked eye too. Wooooohooooo!

#aurora #northernlights #solarflare

‪Here are some great shots from our #GREGORSolarTelescope observation campaign in July. Peering into the #photosphere and #chromosphere, we caught several emerging active regions – and a #flare! This will help us study the plasma dynamics in active regions and how energy builds up to create a flare.

#MPSGoettingen#SolarPhysics#ActiveRegion#Flare#SolarFlare