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

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Thank you,...that was quite interesting.




Z

Damn,..do you know how bitch'n that looks full screen IWTB???

Do ya?

I hope you got plenty of cold ones stocked up for the coming days



Z

Great video, SunBro!

The ACE solar wind data is looking suspect again.

[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

Whether it's in "safe-mode" or "self-destruct mode" I cannot say.

Big thx all!

Mhh, thats crazy..i see your post..with the eruption on the north east limb..

Hey Guys, it's tippin' up AGAIN.

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Wow, that was dramatic! If I had not been to your site a few minutes ago, I would have logged right on.

Awesome music too.

C-flare in the southern hemisphere. For some reason there's several active regions in the south which haven't been numbered yet. Flare is visible on the Mauna Loa H-alpha telescope.

[link to halpha.nso.edu]

Good night all

Sleep well IWTB!

Later buddy

Tanx Hugh, wasn't sure why there should be much of anything going on after such a pissin'....appreciate the heads-up.

I'm amazed to see that there arent 10 threads going on about the X-Flare + CME on GLP.
Maybe people are getting tired of solar events or these events are waring people down so they dont care.

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Hi, solar2004, this thread was pinned earlier and should be re-pinned considering some of the usual junk on pg.1. If you're looking to catch up with events, there's a lot of info there. Vote for a pin.

Thread: X Class Solar Flare in progress Max X1.7

Also NIN's blog has good updates.

[link to mysolaralerts.blogspot.com]

Or just stay here for awhile.

News from Moscow--Solar Flare May have Doomed Phobos-Grunt Mission

The device may have ended up in a cloud of plasma released during the solar event, and this is the main theory being considered by the commission investigating the probe's technical failure, the source said.

Read more: [link to www.themoscowtimes.com]
The Moscow Times

And there you have it.




Z

Wow, another snow-blizzard proton storm on SOHO confirmed; though not as intense as the first one. I wonder if this has ever occurred twice in the same week before.
SOHO Cor 3 images:

[link to sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov]

Lataest Cor 2:

[link to sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov]

GOES Proton Flux:

[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

[link to sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov]

The proton storm is still ongoing...

Solar Energetic Particles (SEP) are high-energy particles coming from the Sun which had been first observed in the early 1940s. They consist of protons, electrons and heavy ions with energy ranging from a few tens of keV to GeV (the fastest particles can reach speed up to 80% of the speed of light). They are of particular interest and importance because they can endanger life in outer space (especially particles above 40 MeV). Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs) can originate from two processes: energetization at a solar flare site or by shock waves associated with Coronal Mass Ejection (CMEs). However, only about 1% of the CMEs produce strong SEP events.

SEPs are also of interest because they provide a good sample of solar material. Despite the nuclear fusion occurring in the core, the majority of solar material is representative of the material which formed our solar system. By studying the isotopic composition of SEPs, scientists can obtain an indirect measurement of the material which formed the solar system, and thus learn about its origins.

Two main mechanisms of acceleration are possible: diffusive shock acceleration (DSA, sometimes referred as first-order Fermi acceleration) or shock-drift mechanism. SEPs can be accelerated to energies of several tens of MeV within 5-10 solar radii (0.05% of the Sun-Earth distance) and can reach Earth in a matter of a few hours after a flare or an ejection. This makes prediction and warning of SEP events quite challenging. The seed population and composition of these SEP events is also an active area of research.


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The article above from Wikipedia says:


"They are of particular interest and importance because they can endanger life in outer space (especially particles above 40 MeV)."



40 MeV???


According to the proton flux chart:

[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]


We are experiencing a surge in the amount of protons above 50 MeV...



This means that the lives of people in the ISS are endangered?

The data on the proton flux chart adheres to the table Solar Radiation Storms. Right now it is almost reaching S3 levels. Last week we almost made it to S4 levels which was the strongest it has been since 2005.

[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

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Thread: The Sun is Entering Solar Maximum, Period of Greatest Activity Expected to Peak in 2013 ..

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But that period of Solar max intense activity is expected to be at the lowest level ever, compared to most solar max cycles. As a matter of fact scientist have reported that this solar max cycle will be at 50% less than a normal solar max cycle. Possibly plunging us into a little ice age.

Here you can see the recent solar max cycle, compared to the last solar max cycle, is at 50% less. Notice the top of both curves;

[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

Hum note that in one week we have had two storms falling into the 1 in a 100 category.... Yea something major different... And our magnetosphere is 1/3rd the strength it was last 4 cycles... Mmmmhhhhmmmm