SOLAR WATCH * Huge X8.2 Flare Sept. 10, 2017! (Updated Daily)

Sunspot Update:




Regions 1340 and 1349 disappeared yesterday but two new regions were numbered 1353 and 1354 that rotated into view over the east limb


We also have another group which comes into view will be numbered later today


Numerous medium sized C class solar flares took place yesterday mostly from new regions 1353 and more especially from 1354

Regions 1346 and 1352 also produced a single C class solar flare



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Several CME'S took place yesterday but none appeared at this stage to be heading our way

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Image from SDO shows the latest sunspot groups that rotated into view

[link to www.youtube.com]

Finally some reports too...^^


Dark filament of magnetism visible on the Sun


It’s one of the biggest things in the entire solar system. A dark filament of magnetism measuring more than 800,000 km from end to end is sprawled diagonally across the face of the sun. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory took this ultraviolet picture of the structure during the late hours of Nov. 17th...


ReadMore:
[link to thewatchers.adorraeli.com]

One of the biggest thing in the entire solar system,...

Is this a new thing?

Hello everyone!??


Z

Obviously I'm not someone who can answer your question, but 'hello' right back at ya. :Þ

Hi Z!


We report of this just a week ago...only "the watcher" is clueless^^


Vast amounts of COLD plasma have been collected in that area and creates those filaments




[link to www.youtube.com]




[link to www.youtube.com]

[link to solen.info]

Another large far-side CME last night spotted on SOHO LASCO Cor 2:

[link to sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov]

CACTUS CME movie of yesterday's BIG ONE. The weaker CME on the lower right may be Earth-directed but BIG ONE is not.

[link to www.sidc.oma.be]

And from SEEDS project:

[link to spaceweather.gmu.edu]

Watch SOHO's time-lapse (no pun intended) movie of the last three days. Wow, it's hard to keep count of the multitude of CMEs.

[link to sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov]

New active region on eastern limb caught in mid-flare by SDO minutes ago.

[link to sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov]

Wow!!
Something is sure out of order with this:
Spaceship Earth Loss Cone Display and Bidirectional Streaming Display
[link to neutronm.bartol.udel.edu]

ok.
this seems pretty cool:

“A ballistic back-mapping tool using in-situ and remote sensing simultaneously with both STEREO spacecrafts”

[link to brunosan.eu]

y'all know about this?

found while trying to find a way to decipher unmarked posted STEREO images.

Hi, Joinca, Could you explain that graph to the uninitiated? Cosmic rays and muons are mind-stretching stuff, LOL.

Thanks, Learner, nice find! I never knew this existed. It's not meant to be a real-time tool but it's in line with the research that the STEREO mission was designed to do The black gap is much smaller in the recent images as the STEREO craft move into better position for 360 degree coverage.

Latest run goes to Nov. 11th:

[link to solphys.nrl.navy.mil]

The dots represent intensity and they went off the page because of there % size. I am not sure what caused it. Just tying to understand what is up there from the Sungods here.
Others here are more insightful than I......

CLUSTER MISSION REVEALS EARTH'S BOW SHOCK IS REMARKABLY THIN: The European Space Agency's Cluster mission data suggests that the bow shock formed by the solar wind as it encounters Earth's magnetic field measures only 17 kms across (about one-fifth of previous estimates). Cluster consists of 4 spacecraft flying in formation and measures spatial variations in temp. and other properties of particles in the plasma that surrounds Earth.

Electrons undergo a dramatic and abrupt rise in temp. near this 17 km bow shock region. Such a sharp transition is close to the limit and could hardly be any steeper-and thin shocks are better accelerators. More at Space Daily:

[link to www.spacedaily.com]

ESA Cluster homepage:

[link to sci.esa.int]

For a good introduction to particle acceleration physics and the magnetosphere I highly recommend NASA's "Magneto Mini-Golf" video game. All NASA joking aside, I actually found it very educational.

[link to sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov]

Are we getting anything right now? TV and Cell reception is spotty.

I know you guys probably get sick of me asking but I'm trying to figure out what exactly has to increase, to cause these issues.

Thanks for all y'all do!

Wow, I'm not familiar with that particular graph, but that jump in cosmic ray density caught my eye. I don't know what the blue and red balls signify or how they normally look. We may have unsettled to active geomagnetic activity soon but there's no signs that anything's hit us yet.


[link to www2.nict.go.jp]

[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

Only a severe geo-magnetic storm would affect communication satellites and nothing is happening at the moment. I think your interference is coming from somewhere within a block or two of your residence. Are you in a house or apartment bldg.? Is there a police or fire station nearby? Is your neighbor a HAM radio operator? Is there a air traffic tower near you? A doppler radar? Something as simple as a florescent lamp or a dimmer switch can cause reception problems. Why would you automatically suspect space weather? Search the web for "RF interference or VHF interference" and I'm sure you'll find the source of the problem.

None of that around here, I live in the sticks, that's the reason for the Antanae.

As for the reason of suspecting space weather, there has NEVER been a time that we get hit with an impact from a CME, that my reception is not affected.

My signal is very strong, the only time it seems that I have issues is in strong storms/winds and CMEs.

Yet, every so often, I will have issues for no apparent reason? Just trying to figure out why. Whether space weather, HAARP activity, or just a fluke?

Is this the reason for all of the data gaps at NASA?

NASA's Deep Space Network At Risk! A "vital asset" for communicating with spacecraft is at risk according to GAO report (2006) investigating the DSN. Established in 1959, it's almost old enough to collect Social Security, LOL. The DSN is comprised of 16 antennae at 3 sites around the globe: Goldstone, CA; Madrid, Spain; and Canberra, Australia. The report states that "serious questions exist as to whether it will be able to keep up with both near-term and future demands". More from 2006 article in New Scientist:

[link to www.newscientist.com]

Wow, SwampRL, that's very interesting. Usually any geo-magnetic anomalies occur near the polar regions. Only very rare magnetic storms affect anything that far south or in the tropics. There's been a lot of CMEs lately but few or none have been Earth-facing and there's been no major x-ray events facing us lately. There is a lot of secret military stuff being experimented with and/or deployed using microwave radiation, ELF waves, etc. Redstone Arsenal, Pensacola AFB or others may be part of the HAARP-type network. There's also orbiting Synthetic Aperture Radar which penetrates to 15 ft. under ground. I'm not a radio expert, but I'm sure the specifications of your antenna set-up would show what frequency ranges could be a source of interference. Wish I could be of more help. Let us know what you find out.

RE: KILLER SOLAR FLARES

NASA DEBUNKS NASA!

In a widely published and discussed press release last week entitled "2012: Killer Solar Flares Are A Physical Impossibility", NASA Goddard spokeswoman Karen C. Fox stated "Even at their worst, the sun's flares are not physically capable of destroying Earth". She may have been technically correct as a cooked, lifeless Earth may not qualify as "destroyed". It depends how you define destroyed. If you haven't seen it yet, the NASA 2012 press release here:
[link to www.nasa.gov]

Now I'm not foreseeing any cataclysmic, extinction-level event flares from the sun any time soon, but I believe they ARE a physical possibility. In Dec. 2005, NASA's Swift satellite detected a "Monster Stellar Flare" 135 light years away. Not an explosion, not a supernova, but a gigaginormous X-Ray flare--not from a red giant, or an energetic pulsar, but from II Pegasi, a young orange star 80% the mass of the sun. Yes, from a smaller star than the sun. The energy released by this flare was a hundred million times more than a typical solar flare and was compared to 50 million trillion atom bombs.NASA said, "Had it been from our sun, it would have triggered a mass extinction on Earth".
To be fair I must point out that II Pegasi is part of a binary system (its sister star is half the size) and rotates much faster than our sun. But considering we've only been aware of solar flares for 200 years or so; and mankind has only been around for a tiny fraction of the sun's 4.3 billion years; I believe it's a bit presumptive for NASA to rule out killer solar flares as "physical impossibility". However improbable, a much smaller flare from the sun could set in motion extinction-level events of man's own making.

Read "Monster Stellar Flare Seen By NASA Scientists Dwarfs All Others" here:

[link to www.nasa.gov]

Oozing Orange Sunshine...short video close-up of the sun. WARNING: May trigger acid flashbacks.

[link to apod.nasa.gov]

Good job SOHO! Gee with SOHO starting to come on line and act like it used to "10 yrs ago!", it makes one wonder if eesa(hehe)isn't pushing this co-op project of theirs with NASA through.

Last Edited by tomasgod1 on 11/19/2011 02:51 AM

For a scientist to suggest that a killer solar is a physical impossibility is just stupidity or a big fat lie. I will bet on the latter. Why do they say such stupid things? Oh, yes most people are stupid and will now feel safe because the scientist has told them the Sun is not going to send a flare out the kill them. Ugh.

SHENZHOU 8 RETURNS TO EARTH: The unmanned Shenzhou 8 probe returned to Earth on Nov. 17th, wrapping up a three-week mission to China's Tiangong 1 space station. Shenzhou 8 spent its time in orbit practicing rendevous and docking maneuvers which are still new to China's upstart space program. Chinese authorities say the mission was a success. Tiangong 1 is still in orbit and may be seen flying through the night skies of North America this weekend. Check the S [link to www.spaceweather.com] Tracker or your smartphone for flyby times

That's an interesting video though...

The problem with "Karen" is that she mis stated all know facts. The Earth can get "Cooked". So there! "Karen" didn't see the Earth get "cooked' during her lifetime by a palsma ejection from the Sun, therefore Karen can say it's not possible. Karen is a "Kook", not a "Cook", and Karen would have said the same thing about Mercury 3 Months ago...but Karen can't do that now, because Karen has seen it happen to Mercury, as well as Venus during her lifetime, and she did miss it happen to Mars.

Last Edited by tomasgod1 on 11/19/2011 02:59 AM

Be careful of the "Dark Side" It sounds like they are becoming more luring then the most creative predators!...lol



Last Edited by tomasgod1 on 11/19/2011 02:56 AM