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SDO
8th May 2014, 19:10
Wondering what else we need to know to understand X-class solar flares? Join SDO and others on a Google+ Hangout today at 2:30 pm ET. We will describe an X1 flare that happened 29-Mar-2014. It was the first X flare observed by IRIS and was also seen by SDO, SoHO, Hinode, RHESSI, and the Dunn Solar Telescope in New Mexico. When IRIS watches a solar flare it can measure how fast the plasma is moving, a huge clue to how flares work. This flare produced a nice coronal dimming going over the pole that was described in an earlier blog post (http://sdoisgo.blogspot.com/2014/03/x-1-flare-yesterday-with-nice-coronal.html).
The Hangout URL is: https://plus.google.com/events/c99gnf2e4l9vb4n6logpsemkhlo, staring at 2:30 pm ET and going aboit an hour.

More... (http://sdoisgo.blogspot.com/2014/05/x-class-solar-flares-from-space-and.html)