M-class solar flares on northwestern limb of the sun
Image credit: TW
The northwestern limb of the sun is crackling with M-class solar flares. The source appears to be departing sunspot complex 1280-1286. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) emerging from the blast site are not Earth-directed. Nevertheless, these flares are having a minor effect on Earth as their radiation ionizes our planet’s upper atmosphere. (SpaceWeather)
Solar wind
speed: 357.5 km/sec
density: 1.0 protons/cm3
The Radio Sun
10.7 cm flux: 119 sfu
Planetary K-index
Now: Kp= 1 quiet
24-hr max: Kp= 3 quiet
Interplanetary Mag. Field
Btotal: 6.9 nT
Bz: 0.2 nT north
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| 11277 | N18W73 (866″,258″) | α/α | Hsx/Hax | 0020/0020 | 01/02 | – | ||||||||||||||
| 11280 | N13W91 (926″,214″) | β/β | Bxo/Bxo | 0010/0010 | 02/05 | – | ||||||||||||||
| 11281 | S19W31 (464″,-405″) | β/β | Cao/Dao | 0070/0090 | 05/08 | – | ||||||||||||||
| 11282 | N24W73 (832″,352″) | β/βδ | Cso/Eso | 0090/0100 | 06/08 | – | ||||||||||||||
| 11283 | N13E04 (-64″,96″) | β/β | Dai/Dsi | 0190/0220 | 21/21 | – | ||||||||||||||
| 11286 | N20W82 (885″,307″) | β/β | Cso/Dso | 0080/0080 | 06/08 | C7.6(01:12) C2.8(06:50) M1.6(04:08) M1.2(07:27) /C8.3(01:01) C9.0(04:36) C4.0(05:35) C5.8(15:21) C1.4(19:40) C7.9(23:58) M3.2(11:21) | ||||||||||||||
| 11287 | S32E45 (-571″,-573″) | β/β | Cso/Cao | 0080/0030 | 03/03 | – | ||||||||||||||
| 11279 | N13W66 (848″,165″) | /α | /Hsx | /0030 | /04 | – | ||||||||||||||
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