Stormy weather
Jan. 19th, 2005 08:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellarienThat active region I mentioned a few days ago? Since then, it's produced three or four middling X-class flares (the biggest ones), a bunch of smaller flares, and some fairly impressive Coronal Mass Ejections, the things that cause solar storms.
http://www.solarmonitor.org is a good site, though I'm not sure how dial-up friendly it might be.
Also, I believe the phrase is 'GIP'.
ETA, 7.20 UT; now that's what I call a flare! X7.0 or thereabouts, which I think is the largest we've seen in a while -- since the glory days of region 10486 back in October-November 2003, if I'm reading the tables right. The strange thing is, I was watching the GOES trace when it started, and I had a feeling this one was going to be big. Maybe it was the way it just seemed to get steeper as it went up. If this one comes with a CME to match, and it isn't too far off to the side, there might just be a good aurora in a day or so.
http://www.solarmonitor.org is a good site, though I'm not sure how dial-up friendly it might be.
Also, I believe the phrase is 'GIP'.
ETA, 7.20 UT; now that's what I call a flare! X7.0 or thereabouts, which I think is the largest we've seen in a while -- since the glory days of region 10486 back in October-November 2003, if I'm reading the tables right. The strange thing is, I was watching the GOES trace when it started, and I had a feeling this one was going to be big. Maybe it was the way it just seemed to get steeper as it went up. If this one comes with a CME to match, and it isn't too far off to the side, there might just be a good aurora in a day or so.
