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and we have our first!

Thread: Whoa!! Sun was eclipsed by a HUGE unidentified Object March 2, 2013

not to worry, I have already debunked this by providing the quotes above. wonder how many people will call me a shill for it? lol

Lol : )

MTN .

Good evening, Mr. Cesium!

Now this is what I miss - and to think it was only a year ago!!! Always think the X-flares on the 5th and 7th last year were the sun's personal gifts to me, since the 7th's flares would have still be on the 6th my special once a year day. Would be cool to see another 1429, sigh.

Sunspot 1429 was da bomb!!!!!!!

March 2012:
M1.0 Flare on 3/23/2012 @ 19:40 UTC - Sunspot 1445
M1.3 Flare on 3/17/2012 @ 20:39 UTC - Sunspot 1434
M1.8 Flare on 3/14/2012 @ 07:52 UTC - Sunspot 1432
M2.8 Flare on 3/14/2012 @ 15:21 UTC - Sunspot 1432
M7.9 Flare on 3/13/2012 @ 17:30 UTC - Sunspot 1430
- LDE lasting 5hrs
- CME produced ETA: March 15th
M8.4 Flare on 3/10/2012 @ 17:44 UTC - Sunspot 1429
- LDE lasting 7hrs
- CME produced ETA: March 11-12
M6.3 Flare on 3/9/2012 @ 03:53 UTC - Sunspot 1429
- CME produced - ETA March 11th
X1.3 Flare on 3/7/2012 @ 01:14 UTC - Sunspot 1429- CME produced - ETA coming soon
X5.4 Flare on 3/7/2012 @ 00:24 UTC - Sunspot 1429- CME produced - ETA coming soon
- Second largest Solar Flare of Solar Cycle 24
M1.0 Flare on 3/6/2012 @ 22:53 UTC - Sunspot 1429
M1.3 Flare on 3/6/2012 @ 21:11 UTC - Sunspot 1429
M2.1 Flare on 3/6/2012 @ 12:41 UTC - Sunspot 1429
M1.0 Flare on 3/6/2012 @ 07:55 UTC - Sunspot 1429
M1.0 Flare on 3/6/2012 @ 04:05 UTC - Sunspot 1429
M1.2 Flare on 3/6/2012 @ 01:44 UTC - Sunspot 1429
M1.3 Flare on 3/6/2012 @ 00:28 UTC - Sunspot 1429
M1.3 Flare on 3/5/2012 @ 22:34 UTC - Sunspot 1429
M1.8 Flare on 3/5/2012 @ 19:30 UTC - Sunspot 1429
M2.1 Flare on 3/5/2012 @ 19:15 UTC - Sunspot 1429
X1.1 Flare on 3/5/2012 @ 04:09 UTC - Sunspot 1429
- LDE lasting 7hrs
- CME produced ETA: unknown at this time
M2.0 Flare on 3/4/2012 @ 10:45 UTC - Sunspot 1429
- LDE lasting 7hrs
- CME produced ETA: possible glancing blow March 7th
M3.3 Flare on 3/2/2012 @ 17:46 UTC - Sunspot 1429

[link to mysolaralerts.blogspot.com]

Last Edited by WhiteAngel on 03/03/2013 02:55 PM

Lol. Too many!

Awesome find!

My Favourite,second favourite was Isis(1515)

Great stuff Angel!

So true SC but don't forget 1520. Ninz does a good job of keeping the list up.

Here is that data -

July 2012
Total M Flares = 45
Total X Flares = 2
M1.1 Flare on 7/29/2012 @ 15:48 UTC - Sunspot 1536
M2.3 Flare on 7/29/2012 @ 06:22 UTC - Sunspot 1532
- CME produced- Earth Directed
- ETA: Aug 1, 2012
M6.1 Flare on 7/28/2012 @ 20:56 UTC - Sunspot 1532
- CME produced- Earth Directed
- ETA: July 31, 2012
M2.7 Flare on 7/27/2012 @ 17:26 UTC - Sunspot 1532
M7.7 Flare on 7/19/2012 @ 05:58 UTC - Sunspot 1520
- LDE lasting 10hrs
M1.7 Flare on 7/17/2012 @ 17:15 UTC - Sunspot 1520
- LDE lasting 7hrs
- CME produced- ETA: July 20, 2012
M1.0 Flare on 7/14/2012 @ 04:58 UTC - Sunspot 1520
X1.4 Flare on 7/12/2012 @ 16:52 UTC - Sunspot 1520
- LDE lasting 5hrs
- CME produced- Earth Directed
- ETA: We calculated the time of arrival around 06:00 July 14th
+/- 4hrs
Read the full report on this event Here:
[link to mysolaralerts.blogspot.com]

M2.0 Flare on 7/10/2012 @ 06:27 UTC - Sunspot 1520
M1.7 Flare on 7/10/2012 @ 05:14 UTC - Sunspot 1520
M1.1 Flare on 7/09/2012 @ 23:07 UTC - Sunspot 1520

July 8th total M Flare count = 4
M6.9 Flare on 7/08/2012 @ 16:32 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M1.4 Flare on 7/08/2012 @ 12:10 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M1.1 Flare on 7/08/2012 @ 09:53 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M1.3 Flare on 7/08/2012 @ 05:46 UTC - Sunspot 1515

July 7th total M Flare count = 3
M2.6 Flare on 7/07/2012 @ 11:03 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M1.0 Flare on 7/07/2012 @ 08:28 UTC - Sunspot 1520
M1.2 Flare on 7/07/2012 @ 03:15 UTC - Sunspot 1515

July 6th total M Flare count = 6
July 6th total X Flare count = 1
X1.1 Flare on 7/06/2012 @ 23:08 UTC - Sunspot 1515
Read the full report on this event Here:
[link to mysolaralerts.blogspot.com]
M1.3 Flare on 7/06/2012 @ 18:55 UTC - Sunspot 1520
M1.2 Flare on 7/06/2012 @ 13:30 UTC - Sunspot 1520
M1.8 Flare on 7/06/2012 @ 10:29 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M1.5 Flare on 7/06/2012 @ 08:23 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M1.0 Flare on 7/06/2012 @ 02:51 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M2.9 Flare on 7/06/2012 @ 01:40 UTC - Sunspot 1515

July 5th total M Flare count = 11
M1.6 Flare on 7/05/2012 @ 21:45 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M1.6 Flare on 7/05/2012 @ 20:14 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M1.2 Flare on 7/05/2012 @ 13:18 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M6.1 Flare on 7/05/2012 @ 11:44 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M1.8 Flare on 7/05/2012 @ 10:48 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M1.3 Flare on 7/05/2012 @ 07:45 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M1.1 Flare on 7/05/2012 @ 06:58 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M4.7 Flare on 7/05/2012 @ 03:36 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M2.2 Flare on 7/05/2012 @ 02:42 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M2.4 Flare on 7/05/2012 @ 01:10 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M1.1 Flare on 7/05/2012 @ 00:43 UTC - Sunspot 1515

July 4th total M Flare count = 7
M1.2 Flare on 7/04/2012 @ 23:55 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M4.6 Flare on 7/04/2012 @ 22:09 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M1.8 Flare on 7/04/2012 @ 16:39 UTC - Sunspot 1513
M1.3 Flare on 7/04/2012 @ 14:40 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M2.3 Flare on 7/04/2012 @ 12:24 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M5.3 Flare on 7/04/2012 @ 09:45 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M2.3 Flare on 7/04/2012 @ 04:37 UTC - Sunspot 1515

M3.8 Flare on 7/02/2012 @ 20:07 UTC - Sunspot 1515
M5.6 Flare on 7/02/2012 @ 10:52 UTC - Sunspot 1515
- CME produced- ETA: July 5th
[link to mysolaralerts.blogspot.com]

I'm not certain why, but it may have something to do with this-

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3
Serial Number: 1987
Issue Time: 2013 Mar 03 0507 UTC

CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu
Continuation of Serial Number: 1986
Begin Time: 2013 Mar 02 1040 UTC
Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3800 pfu
Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.
[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

Energetic Particle

.24 hr Summary...
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at
predominately high levels throughout the period, beginning at 02/1040
UTC, reaching a maximum flux value of 3,800 particle flux units (pfu) at
02/1730 UTC. Electron flux values briefly decreased to moderate levels
between 02/2250 UTC - 02/2345 UTC and again at 03/0130 UTC - 03/0500
UTC. The greater than 10 MeV proton flux at geosynchronous orbit were
at background levels throughout the period.

.Forecast...
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux is expected to remain predominately
at high levels with intermittent decreases to moderate levels for the
next three days (03 - 05 Mar).
[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

WTF? Solar Activity

.24 hr Summary...
Solar activity was low. Newly-numbered Region 1687 (N06E68) produced
the largest events of the period, two C1 flares, at 02/1511 UTC and
02/1847 UTC. Region 1683 (S16E36) was stable and maintained a
beta-gamma magnetic configuration. Region 1687 was classified as an
Axx-type alpha region, but there may be more to the region than we can
currently see due to limb foreshortening effects. Newly-numbered Region
1686 (S13W25) was classified as a Dro-type beta region. The other
regions on the disk were unremarkable. No Earth-directed coronal mass
ejections (CME) were observed.
[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

Last Edited by Hugh M Eye on 03/03/2013 04:47 PM

I'd forgot ISZO for a moment Angel : )

Its' only 3400 pfu though,I have seen 37000pfu in the past and not seen/noticed(at least)a marked increase in the Interfering Particle Count?

Pretty sure DC is directly related to the VA Belts and is why when we see a hump there is usually Two in one 24Hour Period...Shhit [link to lasp.colorado.edu] ?

EVE will be going spotty now [link to sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov] yes,we have active Belts.

Another awesome vid, thank you for sharing, you are very talented sounds!

New active regions numbered-1686 in the SE and 1687 in the NE-

ARs 1685, 1686 and another one not numbered-
:3/3SE:

AR1687-
:3/3NE:

Another active region, a small Beta group in the SW, has been ignored by NOAA for two days. At first glance I thought it was 1680 but it's almost 20 degrees too far north.

Latest HMI Intensitygram:

[link to sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov]

That un-numbered region was already responsible for a B5.5 flare as noted by solarsoft's flare events summary:

[link to www.lmsal.com]

Last Edited by Hugh M Eye on 03/03/2013 05:33 PM

Good catch El Q!

Hi Everyone, Hi Nerd!!! Been a bit under the weather, (possible gallbladder issues) have been reading along, thanks all for the updates, Mtn, hope you got the new job, Hugh, good luck to you on your new job! Off to watch a movie (Anna Karenina, a period piece, my favorite) I love pay for view....just got a squiggle or whatever, hooked up!

Thanks, Isis One! Prayers and blessings coming your way, too. Be well.

Hope you get well soon, Isis. You are in my prayers :))

Hi Hugh, here is a pic I took of that region about an hour ago. Not as good as those photos,but they can only get better.

[link to i1245.photobucket.com]

Nice job. Keep em coming

HUGH........You got a new job? I missed that post. Congrats!!!

:smilieRainbowHug:

Great job, sounds! That goes for your music, too, matey. When I was in Colorado last summer a youth had an H-alpha Sunscope on the streetcorner offering peeks to the tourists for a donation. Of course I stopped to chat solar stuff with him....it was very cool. I just hope we get some more megaspots for you to image soon.

OMG What the Fuck [link to sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov] ?

My Bad - I see the Top Left now.

Last Edited by Spittin'Cesium on 03/03/2013 08:55 PM

Sorry,scuse' the French

I hope that is a malfunction of sorts and not rapidly Dying Sunspots!?

Can't be dying Sunspots,perhaps it is to do with the Eclipse season,EVE is also blank [link to sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov] .

So 1686 is the AR in the southwest and I goofed reading that earlier. I just assumed they were numbering the new SE regions. It seems they thought the whole SE was one big happy group. I think now that pot is legal in Colorado they should move NOAA a little further away from the fumes, LOL. I could easily see two distinct ARs close together when they were still on the backside! Here's their lame explanation-

.24 hr Summary...
Solar activity was at very low levels for the past 24 hours. Three
sunspot regions have been numbered in the past 24 hours, Region
1686(S13W31) a simple beta group, Region 1687(N06E65) another simple
beta group that is still rotating into view, and finally Region
1685(S16E46) was split into two separate regions with the more southerly
region becoming Region 1688(S17E52). Magnetogram and intensitygram
images from the SDO spacecraft, as well as ground based observations,
suggested that Region 1685 was in fact two separate developing regions.
Even though there are currently 9 numbered active regions on the disk, 8
with sunspots, very little solar activity has been observed. Region
1683(S16E30) remains the most likely region for continued solar
activity, however current observations show this region to now display
only beta magnetic characteristics. Around 03/0800 UTC, a filament
eruption was observed in h-alpha imagery. Coronagraph imagery does not
suggest a coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with this event, thus
implying the filament did not eject off the disk, but was rather
reabsorbed.
[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

well, Duh!, seems like NOAA is on a 48-hour delay....maybe the Pentagon has to approve their every move. Maybe they will be "reabsorbed" by the sequestration,haha. Anyway, here's the scorecard for today-

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary
SRS Number 63 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Mar 2013
Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Mar
I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z
Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type
1681 N17W21 252 0010 Axx 01 02 Alpha
1682 S18W68 298 0200 Dao 10 03 Beta
1683 S16E30 200 0200 Eai 12 14 Beta
1684 N17W15 245 0010 Bxo 04 03 Beta
1685 S15E46 184 0020 Dro 06 03 Beta
1686 S13W31 261 0030 Dro 05 06 Beta
1687 N06E65 166 0030 Cro 04 03 Beta
1688 S17E52 178 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha

Its' all a bit Pear-Shaped really,do you not think so?

Edit:The Sun and its Sunspot behavio(u)r : )

Last Edited by Spittin'Cesium on 03/03/2013 09:40 PM

Thank you all for your updates today ....

Best of luck tomorrow Hugh !! And remember no job big or small defines you.. We are very fortunate to have you, and so are they

Goodnight Cesium, Hugh and all, get good rest

Nacht nacht 66

And yes Hugh,what Agent said

Bless all of you! The sun will awaken short lived but fiery!

Good night all. Peace
:kittySleepy: