Full-halo Coronal Mass Ejection on farside of the Sun
Region 1678 erupted with massive, full-halo, Coronal Mass Ejection around 04:00 UTC on March 5, 2013. The CME will have no effect on Earth as Region 1678 is on farside of the Sun. This old and active region is about to rotate onto the eastern limb by this weekend.
March 5, 2013 – Full halo Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)
Couple of hours later, at 07:54 UTC, an impulsive M1.2 solar flare erupted from Beta classified Active Region 1686. A Type II Radio Emission was associated indicating a CME was generated.
Read more about that event here.
Sunspots
Currently, there are 6 regions with Beta magnetic configuration on Earth's side of the Sun. Old Region 1678 is returning into Earth view. Region 1682 is about to rotate onto the southwest limb, same as Region 1686 but we still might see some action from them. Regions 1683, 1685, 1687 and 1689 are becoming geoeffective and are visible on the image below:
Sunspots magnetic configuration on March 5, 2013
Featured image: STEREO Ahead EUVI 195 – NASA
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