• Second moderate solar flare around western limb – M1.0

    After an impulsive M1.1 solar flare at 02:23 UTC today, a second M-class solar flare erupted from AR 1904 located around the west limb. The latest event peaked at 12:27 UTC as M1.0 solar flare. No Earth directed CMEs were observed.

    Image credits: NOAA SWPC/NASA

  • Impulsive M1.1 flare erupted around western limb

    An impulsive M1.1 solar flare was detected around departing Sunspot 1899 at 02:32 UTC on November 23, 2013. The source was actually a newly numbered Region 1904 (N12W60, Dai/beta-gamma). This region appeared to have enough of a separation in SDO HMI/Magnetogram imagery

  • M1.2 solar flare erupted from Sunspot 1893 behind the western limb

    A moderate M1.2 solar flare was detected around sunspot 1893 at 11:11 UTC on November 21, 2013. This active region is now located behind the west limb, so any subsequent coronal mass ejections (CMEs) would be too far west to impact Earth. This same region is

  • New AR1897 unleashed moderate M1.4 solar flare

    Active Region 1897 unleashed moderate M1.4 solar flare on November 13, 2013 at 15:20 UTC. This region has 'Beta-Gamma' magnetic configuration and is capable of producing strong eruptions on the Sun. It is still rotating into geoeffective position

  • New active region 1890 produced impulsive M2.5 solar flare

    After increased solar activity in second half of October, solar activity was down to minor and moderate levels for last couple of days. On November 3, 2013 new sunspot group AR 1890 emerged off the southeastern limb and produced a C9.9 flare at 16:28 UTC. 

    When

  • More flaring activity from central region of the Sun

    Moderate M1.6 solar flare erupted from Sunspot 1884 at 22:21 on November 2, 2013. Active Region 1884 is now located at the center of the visible solar disk and any strong eruptions can generate Earth-directed plasma cloud.

    Few hours later, at 05:22 UTC on

  • Moderate M1.9 solar flare erupted off the southwest limb

    Moderate M1.9 solar flare erupted from the vicinity of departuring regions 1879 and 1877 at the southwest limb. This latest event erupted at 13:51 UTC on October 31, 2013.

    Solar activity was relatively calm in the past 24 hours compared to strong