[SFDXA] Strange ring shaped sunspot

[Bill]

 From Tony N2MFT:

*DENSE CME IMPACT:* A CME just hit Earth's magnetic field, around 1250 
UT on May 26th. The solar storm cloud abruptly doubled 
<https://spaceweather.com/images2021/26may21/impactdata.png> the density 
of the solar wind near Earth (from 10 to 20 protons/cc). It is too soon 
to know if a geomagnetic storm will develop as a result of the CME's 
arrival. Stay tuned for updates. *Aurora alerts:* SMS Text 
<https://spaceweatheralerts.com/>.

*TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE: *There was a lunar eclipse earlier today. The full 
Moon passed through the shadow of Earth and, for 14 and a half minutes, 
became the color of a sunset. Christopher Go photographed totality from 
Cebu City, Philippines:

<https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=174773>

"This is how the Moon looked through my Stellarvue SV70 refractor," says 
Go. "It's the best totality I have ever captured!"

Browse the gallery for more views from around the world:

Realtime Eclipse Photo Gallery 
<https://spaceweathergallery.com/eclipse_gallery.html>*
Free:* Spaceweather.com Newsletter <https://spaceweather.com/services>

*STRANGE RING-SHAPED SUNSPOT: *A new sunspot is emerging west of AR2824, 
and it's a little strange. The ring-shaped active region is inset in 
this magnetic map from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory:

<https://spaceweather.com/images2021/25may21/latest_4096_HMIBC_lab2_crop.jpg>

Not only is the sunspot's shape unusual, but also its magnetic field. 
Usually the magnetic poles of sunspots are aligned roughly east-west 
<https://www.tcd.ie/Physics/people/Peter.Gallagher/lectures/PY4020/lecture05_solar_activity.pdf>. 
AR2824 (-/+) is a good example. But the poles of the new sunspot are 
rotated ~90 degrees from normal, almost perpendicular to the sun's equator.

This new sunspot is worth monitoring. Amateur astronomers with 
safely-filtered telescopes, you know what to do!

Spaceweather.com
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