New active region #11356 is creepin' over the eastern limb and it sure is a humdinger. Two large penumbral spots are noticeable but it's too soon to tell exactly how big and menacing this region is. Several C-flares have already been recorded and this is the most likely source of several CMEs in the past few days. I have a gut feeling 1356 will spit out some powerful flares and/or CMEs this week.

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It seems to me that the filament near the equator could be more of a threat to Earth than the huge one in the northeast. If it should lift off explosively, It's equatorial location would almost certainly hurl some plasma our way. Latest H-alpha image from Udaipur Observatory.

[link to halpha.nso.edu]

GONG Network H-alpha movie loop from Learmonth Obty.:

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SDO 3-wave composite image:

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