Sun Stuff: What's up!

[Rocky_Shorz]

how does everyone feel today after their 9 hour X-Ray...

it finally set to shield us, people were nuts on the road today...

it's still flaring swinging it's full energy at Japan's superstorm...



does anyone ever remember seeing Canada getting hit with energy like this? How did it hop over the US?

[Wind]

M2.7 flare from that active sunspot!

SolarHam: Isolated moderate flare activity continues around Sunspot 1875. The large active region produced a moderate M2.7 solar flare peaking at 20:53 UTC. Sunspot 1875 is currently in a perfect geoeffective position for Earth directed CMEs. Stay tuned to SolarHam.com for the most up to date space weather news and information. Image by EVE.

[Wind]

Moderate Flaring Continues!

M1.4 solar flare centered around Sunspot 1875 at 23:43 UTC, another solar flare reaching at least M1.0+ is currently in progress

[Wind]

Holy macaroni, Sun is alive again! M9.3 flare, that's almost X-class! Also a faint CME.

[Sidney]

I have to say I am feeling it today. thanks wind for keeping up on this. Hopefully, in he near future I will be in the position to contribute again. Morningsong and Rocky, you too!!

[Wind]

The double peaked solar max cycle might be true after all, I think that the Sun has still a lot to offer. The Earth facing quiet lasted for two years and now it's over.

[Carmody]

So that's the migraine source..... (it 'broke' about 1-1.5 hours ago)

[Wind]

When ever the Sun is active I get more energy and when ever the activity stops I get lethargic. Now I'm feeling energized.

[Rocky_Shorz]

these were set off by a Sun Diving comet... Nuked again...

almost an X on the last one, going solid for 2 days...

Maybe it's to help dissolve the 3 floating New York Cities of plastic garbage in the Pacific...

aren't 3rd world countries like China and Korea awesome...

they can finally afford to buy crap, then toss their trash in the Pacific instead of recycling or disposing of it properly...

fingers are crackling with energy right now, my headache is beyond pain, I'm ready for Changes...

I'm directing it at the Pacific...

[MorningSong]

Wow! So far, in the past fews days we've had several M-class flares:

-from sunspot 1875
Oct 22: M1.0 at 00:21 UTC
M1 at 15:20 UTC
M4.2 at 21:20 UTC
Oct 23: M 2.7 at 20:53 UTC
M 1.4 at 23:43 UTC
M 3.1 at 00:08 UTC

And this morning sunspot 1877 has kicked in:

M 9.3 at 00:31 UTC





From spaceweather.com:

CHANCE OF STORMS: Earth's magnetic field is about to receive a glancing blow from three CMEs observed leaving the Sun between Oct. 20th and 22nd. Forecasting models suggest that the three clouds merged en route to Earth, and their combined impact could trigger a polar geomagnetic storm on Oct. 24-25. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras.

SOLAR FLARE! Solar activity is high. On October 24th at 00:30 UT, Earth-facing sunspot AR1877 erupted, producing a powerful M9-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the blast:



A flash of extreme UV radiation from the flare ionized Earth's upper atmosphere and created a brief HF radio blackout on the sunlit (Pacific) side of the planet. The blackout has since subsided. A CME might be en route to Earth, but we're still waiting on SOHO coronagraph data to confirm this possibility.

Meanwhile, more flares are in the offing. Two large sunspots, AR1875 and AR1877, have 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic fields that harbor energy for strong eruptions. NOAA forecasters estimate a 40% chance of M-flares and a 5% chance of X-flares during the next 24 hours.

[InTheBackground]

So, where do we stand on the sun's poles flipping? I saw one report while the govt was shut down that the sun's poles had flipped, but only the one. Does anyone know?

[Rocky_Shorz]

all these waves are stacking up into one that is due to hit this weekend...

what do you think caused the ripple in the lower energy lines?



could it have anything to do with the comet that just exploded a few days ago 450 Kilometers away?

Triangular craft practicing for ISON?

[Rocky_Shorz]

Posted by InTheBackground (here)
So, where do we stand on the sun's poles flipping? I saw one report while the govt was shut down that the sun's poles had flipped, but only the one. Does anyone know?

they rolled the satellite to cool the sun facing side, someone watching thought it was the sun rolling around...

it's a big ball of gas, the holes spew negative ions, the sun flares blast out protons...

I don't think Santa minds whether he is on the top or bottom...

[MorningSong]

Updating my list of flares for today as I find out myself...

Sunspot 1875 produced 2 more M-flares:

M2.5 at 10:09 UTC
M3.5 at 10:33 UTC

[MorningSong]

Something else has popped off...waiting to see what mag:

[Wind]

Thanks for keeping the thread up to date! There is a lot of activity going on again... Here is a nice video of the earlier M9.3 solar flare. Any bets when we are going to see the next X-class flare?

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jY5u-yxyQMM

[Wind]

Did you know?

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BBaEpmyqQQI

[Wind]

Via SolarHam:

Attached is a full disk image capturing the M2.9 solar flare around sunspot 1882 at 03:02 UTC. The new active region is not yet in the best position for Earth directed eruptions.

[MorningSong]

Ladies and Gentlemen! We have had an X1.7 flare at 08:01 UTC from sunspot 1882!

[Wind]

Good catch! This is getting really exciting.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z-NWV0jPuNg

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=U4bY6RUoFzU