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Solar X-ray Event: M3.6 Class Flare | January 28, 2014

Tuesday, January 28, 2014 6:29
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Solar X-ray Event: M3.6 Class Flare | January 28, 2014


A solar flare is a powerful explosion on the surface of the Sun that happens when energy stored in twisted magnetic fields (usually above sunspots) is abruptly released. Flares produce a burst of radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to x-rays and gamma-rays. 

Scientists classify solar flares according to their x-ray brightness in the wavelength range 1 to 8 Angstroms. There are 3 categories: X-class flares are big; they are major events that can trigger planet-wide radio blackouts and long-lasting radiation storms. M-class flares are medium-sized; they can cause brief radio blackouts that affect Earth’s polar regions. Minor radiation storms sometimes follow an M-class flare. Compared to X- and M-class events, C-class flares are small with few noticeable consequences here on Earth.

Published on Jan 28, 2014

Recorded on January 28, 2014 | 07h00-09h00 UTC
Big sunspot on AR1967 (previous 1944) re-emerged yesterday and has already produced 7 M-Class Flares. This massive spray-like eruption was associated with an X-ray impulsion reaching M3.6 at 07h30UTC. Significant post-eruption hot-ionized material extends into the heliosphere. This large sunspot should be geoeffective in a week…
SDO AIA | Full HD Quality Video | 1920x1080p 

More real-time Solar data/Imagery/Activity:
- SIC: Solar Imagery Center
http://www.gnosia-research.fr/SIC.html
- NASA – Solar Dynamics Observatory:
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
- Solar & Heliospheric Observatory – SOHO:
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/home.html
- The Sun Today – LMSAL:
http://sdowww.lmsal.com/
- www.SolarMonitor.org:
http://www.solarmonitor.org/index.php
- NOAA / Space Weather Prediction Center:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/alerts/warni
- STAR: Solar Terrestrial Activity Report
http://solen.info/solar/
- SOLARHAM.com:
http://www.solarham.net/
- spaceweather.com:
http://www.spaceweather.com/

 

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