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X-FLARE! AR1967 returned to the Earthside of the sun on Feb. 25th and promptly erupted
SpaceWeather.Com ^ | 2/25/2014 | Space Weather

Posted on 02/26/2014 12:34:51 AM PST by tired&retired

X-FLARE! Long-lived sunspot AR1967 returned to the Earthside of the sun on Feb. 25th and promptly erupted, producing an X4.9-class solar flare. This is the strongest flare of the year so far and one of the strongest of the current solar cycle. A movie from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the explosion hurling a loop of hot plasma away from the blast site:

http://spaceweather.com/images2014/25feb14/redflare3_strip4.gif

The source of the eruption is long-lived sunspot AR1967, now beginning its third trip across the Earthside of the sun. This region was an active producer of flares during its previous transits, and it looks like the third time will be no different. By tradition, sunspots are renumbered each time they return, so AR1967 has been given a new name, AR1990. After today, that is what we will call it.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science; Weather
KEYWORDS: ar1967; catastrophism; cme; maunderminimum; solar; space; sunspot; sunspots
However, because its trajectory is so far off the sun-Earth line, the CME will deliver a no more than a glancing blow. NOAA forecasters expect a weak impact late in the day on Feb. 26th.
1 posted on 02/26/2014 12:34:51 AM PST by tired&retired
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To: tired&retired

Here is another story on this:

Sun Unleashes Monster Solar Flare, Biggest of 2014

http://www.space.com/24801-sun-unleashes-monster-solar-flare.html

The videos are beautiful


2 posted on 02/26/2014 12:38:05 AM PST by tired&retired
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To: tired&retired


3 posted on 02/26/2014 12:44:46 AM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: SunkenCiv

PING ,Solar flare.


4 posted on 02/26/2014 12:54:34 AM PST by moose07 (the truth will out ,one day.)
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To: tired&retired

Ugh, did they have to use eerie ambient for that?

That’s still a lot of gas. :D


5 posted on 02/26/2014 1:44:07 AM PST by wastedyears (I'm a pessimist, I say plenty of negative things. Consider it a warning of sorts.)
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To: tired&retired
By tradition, sunspots are renumbered each time they return, so AR1967 has been given a new name, AR1990. After today, that is what we will call it.

News to me....

so the sunspot count of the current cycle is even lower....

heading for a Dalton Minimum as we speak.

6 posted on 02/26/2014 4:00:16 AM PST by spokeshave (OMG.......Schadenfreude overload is not covered under Obamacare :-()
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To: zot; SeraphimApprentice

Wild sun ping.


7 posted on 02/26/2014 6:25:32 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar

Thanks for the ping. We should be glad it wasn’t pointed at us.


8 posted on 02/26/2014 9:07:35 AM PST by zot
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9 posted on 03/29/2014 6:23:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Obama is now making Jimmy Carter look like Attila the Hun. /focus/news/3138768/posts)
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