[SFDXA] SOLAR FLARE HURLS PLASMA BOMB

Bill bmarx at bellsouth.net
Wed Nov 25 13:53:29 EST 2020


*MAGNIFICENT SUNSPOT:* New sunspot AR2786 is so big it could swallow 
Earth with barely a ripple. The dimensions of the spot make it an easy 
target for safely-filtered backyard telescopes. Look here 
<https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=169931>, 
here 
<https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=169923>, 
here <https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=169897> 
and here 
<https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=169937>. The 
sunspot is turning toward Earth and could soon become a source of 
geoeffective flares.*
*

*SOLAR FLARE HURLS PLASMA BOMB:* Sunspot AR2785 erupted during the late 
hours of Nov. 23rd (2335 UT), producing a C4-class 
<https://spaceweather.com/glossary/flareclasses.html> solar flare. The 
explosion hurled a plume of plasma more than 350,000 km across the sun. 
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the splashdown:

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