[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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