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Massive sunspot is turning towards Earth this can result in major solar flares that can effect electrical systems
First Post ^ | 08/07/2020

Posted on 08/07/2020 7:10:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin

A massive sunspot on the Sun is turning towards our planet and this could result in strong solar flares. The sunspot AR2770 was detected earlier this week and is expected to grow in size in the upcoming days.

A report by SpaceWeather.com - a space weather forecasting website - said that multiple minor flares have been emitted by the sunspot already as it faced towards the earth. These flares have caused "minor waves of ionization to ripple through Earth's upper atmosphere" but nothing major yet.

A clear picture of the AR2770 has also surfaced that gives a better idea into the current phenomenon. It was captured by an amateur astronomer Martin Wise from Trenton, Florida. The size of the "primary dark core" is about as wide as Mars and it has several "spotlets" on its surface, which are similar to the craters on the surface of the moon.

According to the report in International Business Times, Wise captured the dark sunspot using an 8-inch telescope with safe solar filters and it's dimensions make this sunspot "one of the largest sunspot groups of the current Solar Minimum.”

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), strong solar storms can cause "fluctuations of electrical currents in space and energize electrons and protons trapped in Earth's varying magnetic field". These events can affect radio communications, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) connectivity, power grids and satellites.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: ar2770; astronomy; aurora; carringtonevent; catastrophism; cme; coronalmassejection; lightbridge; maunderminimum; science; sida; solarflare; sun; sunspot; sunspots
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To: BenLurkin

So I should reschedule the family picnic, then?


41 posted on 08/07/2020 8:26:08 PM PDT by Viking2002 ("If a really stupid person becomes senile......how can you tell?" - George Carlin)
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To: BenLurkin

I had a solar flair once.


42 posted on 08/07/2020 8:27:00 PM PDT by Eddie01 (NRA)
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To: steve86
Did a fourth grader write that title?

OK, I confess to clicking on the thread hoping to join a discussion of "affect" vs. "effect."

43 posted on 08/07/2020 8:28:57 PM PDT by stormhill
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To: BenLurkin
Masks, goggles, and foil hats.

The vaccine is on its way.

44 posted on 08/07/2020 8:34:11 PM PDT by blackdog (If you must cut a tree, plant two. It's just decency.)
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To: Eddie01

Rick Flair did more damage.


45 posted on 08/07/2020 8:35:12 PM PDT by blackdog (If you must cut a tree, plant two. It's just decency.)
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To: BenLurkin

Should be “affect”, not “effect” in the headline.


46 posted on 08/07/2020 8:49:15 PM PDT by be-baw
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To: BenLurkin
This is what is considered 'massive'??? Really??? It's puny.


47 posted on 08/07/2020 8:53:07 PM PDT by C210N
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To: C210N

That dot is probably the size of earth.


48 posted on 08/07/2020 8:54:56 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Larry Lucido

RUN!


49 posted on 08/07/2020 9:02:28 PM PDT by epluribus_2 (He, had the best mom - ever.)
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To: BenLurkin

That's a negative Ghostrider. The pattern is full!

50 posted on 08/07/2020 9:03:46 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Heartless Republican Gutter Rat)
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To: Cold Heart

Piezoelectric yikes.....maybe it with pop the 3 gorges dam that would be a hoot.


51 posted on 08/07/2020 9:05:21 PM PDT by spokeshave (White Confederate statue kills black man......Another month of protests.... (HT to seawolf101))
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To: Sequoyah101

Won’t do more damage than my deranged, insane, power-crazy, idiot governor in Michigan hath wrought.


52 posted on 08/07/2020 9:07:16 PM PDT by epluribus_2 (He, had the best mom - ever.)
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To: spokeshave

“pop the three gorges dam that would be a hoot”

We live in a very hoot time.


53 posted on 08/07/2020 9:11:31 PM PDT by Cold Heart (Legalize Hydroxychloroquine)
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To: butlerweave
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54 posted on 08/07/2020 9:13:54 PM PDT by timestax
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To: BenLurkin
Trump’s fault!😱
55 posted on 08/07/2020 9:16:12 PM PDT by JustTheTruth
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To: Larry Lucido

Was he the guy in charge of getting the supplies?


56 posted on 08/07/2020 9:16:29 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Cold Heart

Oh, you like cryptic crosswords too? KEWL!


57 posted on 08/07/2020 9:17:30 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Larry Lucido
" He shouted “fluctuations!” The ambassador said “fluc you white people too!”"

(Snicker, snicker)
58 posted on 08/07/2020 9:18:29 PM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: Don W

“Oh, you like cryptic crosswords too?”

I have always done my own taxes. Sharpened pencils, reading the cryptic rules and doing the math in my head. I’m sticking to the simpler stuff now, headlines.


59 posted on 08/07/2020 9:34:34 PM PDT by Cold Heart (Legalize Hydroxychloroquine)
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To: TangoLimaSierra
And slowly it turned ...

Step by step...

+1

60 posted on 08/07/2020 9:36:23 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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