ARs 2939 and 2940

[Space pro]

 

Is that a sunspot?

Edited January 29, 2022 by Space pro

[Solarflaretracker200]

I bet so. And it looks f ing big 

[Space pro]

1 minute ago, Solarflaretracker200 said:

it looks f ing big 

Yeah. But the GONG far side image is showing it faint.

1 minute ago, Space pro said:

But the GONG far side image is showing it faint.

This is why I am getting confused.

[Solarflaretracker200]

Strange….hmm I will look into this and see what I will find

Maybe not tonight but tomorrow 

8 minutes ago, Space pro said:

This is why I am getting confused.

Yeah same. 

[Sam Warfel]

34 minutes ago, Space pro said:

 

Is that a sunspot?

Often it’s just faculae, they appear as bright as a sunspot on the far side image, and often cover much more area. 

[Chris, HB9DFG]

I also saw it but I saw such things very often last months and most the time there were such faculae or plages when turning round the corner. I am presently not very excited about it and I still can jump around later very excited if this would be a big spot group... so let's pray perhaps 🙏 😉

Regards, Chris

 

[Patrick P.A. Geryl]

1 uur geleden, Chris, HB9DFG zei:

I also saw it but I saw such things very often last months and most the time there were such faculae or plages when turning round the corner. I am presently not very excited about it and I still can jump around later very excited if this would be a big spot group... so let's pray perhaps 🙏 😉

Regards, Chris

 

It isn’t a complex one. Not calculated. 2936 is as calculated a complex one.

The other one should have been born on January 28 and therefore can’t be strong yet. See “coming sunspots”. 

February has long alignments with Venus… could give some fireworks….
 

 

 

 

Edited January 29, 2022 by Patrick Geryl

[Solarflaretracker200]

13 hours ago, Space pro said:

Is that a sunspot?

From what I have looked up, and what others have said, It is probably not a sunspot 

But time will tell.

[MinYoongi]

It *could* contain one or more Sunspots, we can't tell sadly.

Maybe its just Faculae, maybe it's a complex region.

 

I think we'll see in 2-4 Days  

[NightOwl]

It looks like there was a C flare from something over the limb in that area. I think it might have been the C7.4 at 16:55.
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[Sam Warfel]

1 hour ago, NightOwl said:

It looks like there was a C flare from something over the limb in that area. I think it might have been the C7.4 at 16:55.
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Indeed it was (I went to the SDO page on SDO, and clicked the movie button below AIA 131, and at the timestamp you said the only flare was the one you sent the picture of. 

It actually might have been significantly stronger than C7, since it was partially eclipsed by the limb! I’ll be interested to see the AR that launched it. 
 

Edited January 29, 2022 by Orneno

[farm24]

8 minutes ago, Orneno said:

Indeed it was (I went to the SDO page on SDO, and clicked the movie button below AIA 131, and at the timestamp you said the only flare was the one you sent the picture of. 

It actually might have been significantly stronger than C7, since it was partially eclipsed by the limb! I’ll be interested to see the AR that launched it. 
 

it only launched a tiny cme though so maybe not as exiting as previously mentioned

[NightOwl]

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Indeed it was (I went to the SDO page on SDO, and clicked the movie button below AIA 131, and at the timestamp you said the only flare was the one you sent the picture of. 

Thanks for the details! For some reason that video didn't seem to be updated when I looked (but I might have missed something). Hope this region stays active/gets more active as it rotates towards us!

[Chris, HB9DFG]

At least a northern and a southern spot are appearing at the limb!😃

Regards, Chris

 

 

[Gabriel Hofstra]

I have a feeling SC25 is delivering more than we would expect at this point

[Sam Warfel]

6 hours ago, Gabriel Hofstra said:

I have a feeling SC25 is delivering more than we would expect at this point

It's too soon to tell, if it peaks only 6 months earlier than predicted than the sunspot number counts are right on prediction.
But, I hope you're right 🤞

[MinYoongi]

9 hours ago, Gabriel Hofstra said:

I have a feeling SC25 is delivering more than we would expect at this point

Hard to tell so early in.

Anyways, I think its a great uprising as of now  

[Sam Warfel]

On 1/29/2022 at 12:30 PM, MinYoongi said:

It *could* contain one or more Sunspots, we can't tell sadly.

Maybe its just Faculae, maybe it's a complex region.

 

I think we'll see in 2-4 Days  

As MinYoongi said, it has a sunspot or two, but is mostly faculae.  That's why it appeared so big on the far side image, you can't tell the difference between spot and faculae there.

[LunarLights58]

I was looking at the two new regions of possibly complex sunspots. There's been some good flares associated with at least one of these and I think they could be similar to 2936. So far, based off of what I've learned on magnetic configuration of sunspot groups, they appear to be at least decent betas, and maybe there's a chance for gamma and delta config.

They may have lots of faculae, but didn't AR 2936 look like mostly faculae?

Edited January 31, 2022 by LunarLights58

[Chris, HB9DFG]

Really more than we expected! 😃 Both groups seem quite complex to me!

Regards, Chris

 

[Solarflaretracker200]

I hope they are complex. With current data, they are looking complex already. 

2 hours ago, LunarLights58 said:

but didn't AR 2936 look like mostly faculae?

Well yes at first it did

[Space pro]

AR2940 seems active

It also has faculae around it, so there also a good chance of growth.

[Patrick P.A. Geryl]

If they are returning sunspots, please list them!

2940= old sunspot 2926

 

2939= new

Edited January 31, 2022 by Patrick Geryl

[LunarLights58]

So what's up with the two polarities in the one sunspot? Is that something that just happens with the magnetogram images for limb regions?

[Vancanneyt Sander]

1 uur geleden, LunarLights58 zei:

So what's up with the two polarities in the one sunspot? Is that something that just happens with the magnetogram images for limb regions?

Because it's still close to the limb, the magnetic classification can't be made because we're looking from the side. In this case likely the outer penumbral area is opposite polarity but we'll know when it rotates further and we'll get a better look at the magnetic layout.