M1.4 Earth-directed solar flare took place
Magnetic fields above sunspot 1261 erupted this morning at 0648 UT, producing an M1-class solar flare. The blast also hurled a bright coronal mass ejection toward Earth. This movie from the STEREO-Ahead spacecraft shows the cloud racing away from the sun at almost 900 km/s. Geomagnetic storms are possible when the CME reaches Earth on or about August 5th. Stay tuned for updates. (SpaceWeather)
A long duration M1.4 Solar Flare took place around Sunspot 1261 at 06:19 UTC early Tuesday and also blasted a Coronal Mass Ejection (CMEs) into space. When watching the videos on the STEREO website, it appears it may also be earth directed. As of 09:00 UTC the Proton levels appeared to have risin somewhat to minor levels. A small radio blackout did occur as well.
NICT’s Real Time Magnetosphere Simulation
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| EIT 171 | EIT 195 | EIT 284 | EIT 304 |
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| 512×512 <1.6m > | 512×512 <1.8m > | 512×512 <1.9m > | 512×512 <2.6m > |
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| MDI Continuum | MDI Magnetogram | LASCO C2 | LASCO C3 |
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| 512×512 <1.7m > | 512×512 <2.5m > | 512×512 <1.1m > | 512×512 <5.8m > |
| 256×256 <1.7m > | 256×256 <2.5m > | 256×256 <1.1m > | 256×256 <5.8m > |
lots of solar activity …