Friday, February 23, 2024

Another X-Class Solar Flare, This One The Strongest Since 2017

The headlines at The Watchers (chronological order):

Two X-class solar flares – X1.8 and X1.7 erupt from Region 3590

Major network outages in U.S. following two X-class solar flares

Major X6.3 solar flare erupts from Region 3590

And from SpaceWeather, February 23: 

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GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH (G1): Minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are possible on Feb. 25th when a CME is expected graze Earth's magnetic field. The CME was *not* produced by this week's X-flares. Instead, it was hurled into space by an erupting filament of magnetism (movie) on Feb. 21st. Aurora alerts: SMS Text

THREE X-FLARES, ZERO CMES: Giant sunspot AR3590 is living up to the hype. In only 23 hours spanning Feb. 21-22, the active region unleashed three powerful X-class solar flares (X1.8, X1.7 and X6.3). The X6.3 flare is the strongest of Solar Cycle 25, so far, and the most powerful flare since the great solar storms of Sept. 2017....

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