czwartek, 22 lutego 2024 08:33 UTC
Sunspot region 3590 which is located at a fairly high latitude produced two impulsive X-class events. The first solar flare peaked yesterday at 23:07 UTC with a maximum X-ray flux of X1.9 and the second solar flare peaked today at 06:32 with a maximum observed X-ray flux of X1.7. Both events caused a brief strong R3 radio blackout at the day-side of our planet.
But the good news ends there. Both of these solar flares were impulsive and not eruptive. They did not launch a coronal mass ejection into space. As a matter of fact, it does not look like any ejecta at all was released during these events. There is a coronal mass ejection visible on SOHO/LASCO after the X1.9 event but it is heading towards the south-east and it came from a sunspot region still hiding behind the east limb. Another interesting fact is that sunspot region 3590 is located at a fairly high latitude for this phase of the Solar Cycle as sunspot regions get closer to the equator as we approach and pass solar maximum. Does this mean we are still far away from solar maximum or is it just an outlier? Time will tell! Let's hope sunspot region 3590 continues to develop and produces an eruptive solar flare in the near future as it is soon in a prime position to launch earth-directed coronal mass ejections.
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