NOAA has numbered the new active region AR1460. No, not THAT new active region, the other one sprouting at 40 degrees northeast.

"Hey, we're a bunch of high-paid government retards here at NOAA. It takes all day Mondays to come up with one good number. We do it by committee over six pots of coffee. Hell, we already have an idea set for tomorrow's number."

Here's my resume, dumbfucks;...big new active region to named.......................aham,....AR1461.

Sometimes the bureaucratic stupidity of NASA and NOAA just fuel the fires of conspiracy theories and cover-ups. Mostly, though, it's over-paid and over-"educated" bungling civil service flunkies. It would be funny if I wasn't about to scream with rage.

Anyway, to the east of AR1460 (which has popped up in just 10 hours) is our M-flaring region of interest (AR1461???). It would stand to reason that there must more to this region than the one spot we see so far.
:1460_HMII:

:Product: Solar Region Summary
:Issued: 2012 Apr 17 0030 UTC
# Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA,
# Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force.
#
Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary
SRS Number 108 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Apr 2012
Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Apr
I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z
Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type
1455 N06W59 206 0200 Fsi 17 16 Beta
1457 N20E03 144 0010 Axx 02 01 Alpha
1458 N06E41 106 0010 Bxo 09 02 Beta
1459 S15E56 091 0260 Fhi 18 12 Beta
1460 N15E40 107 0020 Cro 02 05
IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Apr
Nmbr Location Lo
1454 S12W14 162
1456 S20W75 223
II. Regions Due to Return 17 Apr to 19 Apr
Nmbr Lat Lo
1445 S22 044
[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

(notice no mention of the actively flaring region! sheesh)

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