Sam Warfel Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) M3 EDIT: M5.5 flare from AR2929! Sad to see this one ramping up just as it transits the limb Edited January 20, 2022 by Orneno 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flareguy18 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, Orneno said: M3 flare from AR2929! Sad to see this one ramping up just as it transits the limb 2nd largest flare of the young cycle! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Warfel Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Flareguy18 said: 2nd largest flare of the young cycle! Not quite, we've had two X-class flares in this SC. One in Oct, the other (slightly stronger) was back in July. (So at least third strongest) The strongest of 2022 so far! Edited January 20, 2022 by Orneno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flareguy18 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 1 minute ago, Orneno said: Especially now it's fully seen as M5.5! Yup! I was about to go to bed too then this happened 😂 Now we wait to see if it produced/will produce a CME. So far, no radio sweep alerts from SWPC but that could change. I did see that the previous CME from the earlier M-flare does have a small Earth directed component despite it being near the limb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Warfel Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I think it might be a bit long-duration, but yeah, no radio sweeps, so not sure about a CME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flareguy18 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, Orneno said: I think it might be a bit long-duration, but yeah, no radio sweeps, so not sure about a CME. I have seen CMEs happen without the radio sweep alerts, but typically any significant one will come with an alert. Either way, it's right on the limb so probably nothing for us if it decides to launch a CME. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Warfel Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 2929 is the lower AR in this picture (it’s remarkably similar to 2930 just north of it!) I’m trying to analyze its magnetic structure to see why it produced an M5, it doesn’t seem that complex though. But I don’t know much about sunspot classification, I need @Vancanneyt Sander to make a nice video on it 😜 13 minutes ago, Flareguy18 said: I have seen CMEs happen without the radio sweep alerts, but typically any significant one will come with an alert. Either way, it's right on the limb so probably nothing for us if it decides to launch a CME. Yeah, not expecting any Earth impacts, but it is interesting being an M5. You don’t get those every day (well maybe in Solar Maximum, but not now) 30 minutes ago, Flareguy18 said: 2nd largest flare of the young cycle! It's actually the 3rd strongest, we've had two X1 flares this SC so far. Also two M4, but nothing between M4 and X, so this is the third strongest! And the strongest of 2022. Let's hope that's soon surpassed 😉 Edited January 20, 2022 by Orneno 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isatsuki San Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 50 minutes ago, Orneno said: 2929 es el AR inferior en esta imagen (¡es notablemente similar a 2930 justo al norte!) Estoy tratando de analizar su estructura magnética para ver por qué produjo un M5, aunque no parece tan complejo. Pero no sé mucho sobre la clasificación de las manchas solares, necesito@Vancanneyt Sander para hacer un buen video sobre eso 😜 Sí, no espero ningún impacto de la Tierra, pero es interesante ser un M5. No los obtienes todos los días (bueno, tal vez en Solar Maximum, pero no ahora) En realidad, es el tercero más fuerte, hemos tenido dos bengalas X1 en este SC hasta ahora. También dos M4, pero nada entre M4 y X, ¡así que este es el tercero más fuerte! Y el más fuerte del 2022. Esperemos que pronto se supere 😉 there is a problem it can not be qualified well because it is almost turning, but to me it looks like a betta-gamma 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Warfel Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Flareguy18 said: I have seen CMEs happen without the radio sweep alerts, but typically any significant one will come with an alert. Either way, it's right on the limb so probably nothing for us if it decides to launch a CME. Well, we got radio sweeps after all, type II and IV! Too bad it wasn't pointing this way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancanneyt Sander Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Eruptive events have type II and/or IV sweeps, non eruptive events don't. Difference images show a very big coronal wave which is very awesome: We also see a minor S1 radiation storm from the event which is likely to persist for a day or so. LASCO imagery show the CME, and it's a nice shot away from us 🙂 with a nice speed of 1800km/sec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarflaretracker200 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Holy crap did I miss something interesting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farm24 Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, Solarflaretracker200 said: Holy crap did I miss something interesting? yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarflaretracker200 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Well I see a radiation storm is in progress. This always happens when I’m asleep. 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farm24 Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 7 hours ago, Orneno said: 2929 is the lower AR in this picture (it’s remarkably similar to 2930 just north of it!) it looks completely opposite polarity 1 minute ago, Solarflaretracker200 said: Well I see a radiation storm is in progress. This always happens when I’m asleep. 😆 same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarflaretracker200 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) I also missed the M5 flare. Does anyone know what time it happened in UTC so I can convert it over to my time? Let me check the posts Bruh 11:12pm. I was up but not on the website. OOF Edited January 20, 2022 by Solarflaretracker200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Warfel Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 43 minutes ago, Solarflaretracker200 said: Does anyone know what time it happened in UTC so I can convert it over to my time? Just got to the solar flares graph and click “more data” to see all the flares for the past day or so and check the timing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarflaretracker200 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 It looks like it was half way to X- class but I think that's wrong 🤷♀️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farm24 Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, Solarflaretracker200 said: It looks like it was half way to X- class but I think that's wrong 🤷♀️ Well an M 10 is an X 1 so you are right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Warfel Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, Solarflaretracker200 said: It looks like it was half way to X- class but I think that's wrong 🤷♀️ I believe the scale is logarithmic and not linear, or something like that. @Vancanneyt Sander would know, is an M5 halfway between M1 and X, more, or less? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flareguy18 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 10 hours ago, Orneno said: 2929 is the lower AR in this picture (it’s remarkably similar to 2930 just north of it!) I’m trying to analyze its magnetic structure to see why it produced an M5, it doesn’t seem that complex though. But I don’t know much about sunspot classification, I need @Vancanneyt Sander to make a nice video on it 😜 Yeah, not expecting any Earth impacts, but it is interesting being an M5. You don’t get those every day (well maybe in Solar Maximum, but not now) It's actually the 3rd strongest, we've had two X1 flares this SC so far. Also two M4, but nothing between M4 and X, so this is the third strongest! And the strongest of 2022. Let's hope that's soon surpassed 😉 Totally forgot about that 2nd X-flare! So yeah you are right, third strongest 😉 5 hours ago, Vancanneyt Sander said: Eruptive events have type II and/or IV sweeps, non eruptive events don't. Difference images show a very big coronal wave which is very awesome: We also see a minor S1 radiation storm from the event which is likely to persist for a day or so. LASCO imagery show the CME, and it's a nice shot away from us 🙂 with a nice speed of 1800km/sec. Wow, that's quite spectacular indeed! Too bad it is pointed away from us. Still, very cool to see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancanneyt Sander Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 3 uren geleden, Orneno zei: I believe the scale is logarithmic and not linear, or something like that. @Vancanneyt Sander would know, is an M5 halfway between M1 and X, more, or less? It’s indeed logarithmic, to understand it more please see Wikipedia article about logarithmic scale. 1 uur geleden, Flareguy18 zei: Totally forgot about that 2nd X-flare! So yeah you are right, third strongest 😉 Always check out top flare list 😉 comes in handy with such events 😇 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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