MEGA-FLARE
Tuesday, November 4, 2003
By Dr. Tony Phillips
SpaceWeather.com
Just as solar scientists were ready to start breathing normally again, active region 10486 blasted off yet another mega-flare.
SOLAR RESPITE: Giant sunspots 486 and 488 are about to disappear from view, carried over the western limb of the sun by our star's 27-day rotation. This means Earth-directed explosions will stop... for a while. Big sunspots often persist for many weeks. These two might reappear on the eastern side of the sun in two weeks, the time required for them to transit the far side of the sun
Image Credit: NASA
Giant sunspot 486 unleashed yet another powerful solar flare today (Nov. 4th, 1950 UT), and this one could be historic. The blast saturated X-ray detectors onboard GOES satellites. The last time that happened in 2001, the flare was classified as an X20--the biggest ever.
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