“Dragon Tail” – Huge filament eruption – January 31, 2013

“Dragon Tail” – Huge filament eruption – January 31, 2013

A large filament stretching hundreds of thousands of kilometers erupted on Thursday, January 31, 2013. The eruption lasted about 4 hours and was located in the northeast quadrant of the Sun.The following SDO video shows a variety of views of the break-up of this

Prominent view

Prominent view

The Sun is constantly roiling with nuclear heat and intense magnetism that make sunspots, flares, coronal mass ejections, and all sorts of space weather. When directed toward Earth, those solar blasts can disrupt satellite and radio communications, damage our

Large prominence eruption and C8.4 solar flare – November 16, 2012

Large prominence eruption and C8.4 solar flare – November 16, 2012

At 07:51 UTC, November 16, 2012 a C1.4 solar flare peaked from Active Region 1613. About the same time, a large solar prominence was observed off the Sun’s eastern limb. Prominence produced Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), however it does not appear to be Earth directed.

Sun produced spectacular plasma prominence and backsided M1.0 flare

Sun produced spectacular plasma prominence and backsided M1.0 flare

Solar activity is moderate. Three C-class events were observed overnight and giant plasma filled prominence occurred on the southwest limb. M1.0 solar flare was registered around 02:11 UTC but it was not associated with numbered active region. Amazing plasma filled

Weak CME impact caused unsettled geomagnetic field levels

Weak CME impact caused unsettled geomagnetic field levels

A weak CME shock was observed in the solar wind by the ACE and SOHO/CELIAS instruments on October 31st afternoon around 14:45 UTC. The solar wind speed jumped up from 280 km/s up to 370 km/s and also the solar wind density increased. Initial solar wind velocity had

Solar prominence observed at eastern limb

Solar prominence observed at eastern limb

Solar activity was at low levels. The largest event during last 48 hours was a long duration C1 solar flare with a large prominence erupted on September 23 around 15:56 UTC from an area behind the eastern limb. It produces CME cloud with no threat to Earth.Some

Sun produced great solar filament eruption

Sun produced great solar filament eruption

Solar activity is expected to be low with a slight chance for M-class flares for the next three days, mainly from Region 1569. NOAA/SWPC estimates 20% chances of M-class solar flare. Region 1564 is crackling with C-class flares.The geomagnetic field was mostly quiet

Video of August 31 CME traveling through space

Video of August 31 CME traveling through space

Anyone who observes solar activity here and there surely noticed spectacular solar filament on August 31, 2012. We saw amazing images presented to us by solar observatories in space and now SOHO combined all recordings from EUVI, COR1, COR2 and HI1 that give us clear