15 minutes ago, Ester89 said:

This last one (M 6.8 flare) has been assigned to region 3368.

I wonder if it's some mistake, as I certainly saw it shine brightly on the north limb

Not sure where you see that, it's definitely from the incoming limb

10 minutes ago, mozy said:

Not sure where you see that, it's definitely from the incoming limb

I saw it here. I notice now that it also says 6.7 and not 6.83, there must be something I'm not understanding

obviously a mistake, idk how the computer defined it to 3368 instead of 3372

Edited July 11, 20232 yr by tniickck

Just now, Ester89 said:

I saw it here. I notice now that it also says 6.7 and not 6.83, there must be something I'm not understanding

It's definitely just an error somewhere in the data pipeline where the flare was misattributed.

As for why it says M6.7 instead of M6.8, my best guess is that it's using the values from the GOES-18 satellite rather than the larger of the two, which is from GOES-16 in this case; there are typically some minor differences between them which can be caused by differences in location or even in the measurement instruments. GOES-18 is the newer one (launched just last year vs. 2016 for GOES-16), and thus likely considered more reliable.

Now we have another incoming region producing It's first M-flare, I love this spurt of activity.

1 hour ago, mozy said:

Now we have another incoming region producing It's first M-flare, I love this spurt of activity.

I think that might be the first signs of the long-awaited return of 3354. Position and timing seems to check out.

And yeah, this latest flurry of activity has been great, really kicked things up a notch for the time being.

quite active region is incoming on the limb

10 hours ago, tniickck said:

quite active region is incoming on the limb

I'll reserve judgement on that until we can see it more clearly, but it does look like it could be reverse polarity.

3 hours ago, 3gMike said:

I'll reserve judgement on that until we can see it more clearly, but it does look like it could be reverse polarity.

it was shining yesterday a bit

at 10.00 UTC, with a Lunt50ds, I saw a Spot and bright little eruptions.

Also to me, looking at the magnetograms, the polarity seemed reversed.

4 hours ago, tniickck said:

it was shining yesterday a bit

Yes, they always seem to look a bit brighter as they come round the limb.

anybody watching? looks like 3363 comes back

Any action welcomed particularly cmes. Wow I need more sleep. Perseids due to peak in two weeks in case others have forgotten as well as me!  Edit. I was looking at 131 angstrom pic of southern incoming. Huge loop on that critter indeed!! 

5 hours ago, tniickck said:

anybody watching? looks like 3363 comes back

 

Edited August 2, 20232 yr by hamateur 1953

6 hours ago, tniickck said:

anybody watching? looks like 3363 comes back

Yes. Last time round it produced 8 M flares in about 6 days (along with a whole lot of C's) Let's hope it remembers how to do it. 😁

1 hour ago, 3gMike said:

Yes. Last time round it produced 8 M flares in about 6 days (along with a whole lot of C's) Let's hope it remembers how to do it. 😁

I’m fairly certain it was responsible for that huge far side eruption a while back too.

N.

i may be glitching but i see 2 quite big sunspots on the limb rn at about N20

do you see this too guys? i am wondering if i see smth wrong, but magnetic field maps and SDO 94 and 171 A say that there is something

sorry for any inconvinience, it didnt look clear bc of a filament, now it looks there is no such thing

I think you are absolutely correct. Especially as I have one of my eyes of solar flux at all times and it is heading back up. Couple this with a nice white mess on what I affectionately call “ the green screen “ on far left it is lookin’  good indeed!     PS. Green screen: Far side incoming regions 

5 hours ago, tniickck said:

i may be glitching but i see 2 quite big sunspots on the limb rn at about N20

do you see this too guys? i am wondering if i see smth wrong, but magnetic field maps and SDO 94 and 171 A say that there is something

 

In any event, we should have a very good idea in three days or less. Assuming, of course they aren’t deactivated! 🤣

Edited August 10, 20232 yr by hamateur 1953
Clarity

1 hour ago, hamateur 1953 said:

I think you are absolutely correct. Especially as I have one of my eyes of solar flux at all times and it is heading back up. Couple this with a nice white mess on what I affectionately call “ the green screen “ on far left it is lookin’  good indeed!     PS. Green screen: Far side incoming regions 

 

In any event, we should have a very good idea in three days or less. Assuming, of course they aren’t deactivated! 🤣

thanks for your opinion, this must be 3376 returing

Edited August 10, 20232 yr by tniickck
typo

is there a topic for appearing from nowhere regions? if there is, send me please, i will post it there, but for now i will write there: this region appeared for like 12 hours ago and for last 3 hours it has grown quite well, so I would keep an eye on that one

it grows on the "ruins" of 3376,so it has where to grow

1 hour ago, tniickck said:

is there a topic for appearing from nowhere regions? if there is, send me please, i will post it there, but for now i will write there: this region appeared for like 12 hours ago and for last 3 hours it has grown quite well, so I would keep an eye on that one

it grows on the "ruins" of 3376,so it has where to grow

I think this topic has been used for that as well previously, and in a certain sense new regions forming can be said to be "incoming" in their own way. Others might disagree though, and it's primarily been for regions coming over the limb, so it might be better to either just create a new topic for it or wait until it becomes active enough to warrant that.

As for this one, time will tell if it turns out well or not; seems to me like we've entered a somewhat calm period after the X-flares, the SN has dropped down quite low too. Hopefully a calm before the storm, would be nice with some good activity this fall and winter as we keep approaching maximum.

Edited August 13, 20232 yr by Philalethes

5 hours ago, tniickck said:

is there a topic for appearing from nowhere regions? if there is, send me please, i will post it there, but for now i will write there: this region appeared for like 12 hours ago and for last 3 hours it has grown quite well, so I would keep an eye on that one

it grows on the "ruins" of 3376,so it has where to grow

it looks like its actually about to pop one off

woah

Nice little flare!

OOOOOOHHHH BABY!!!!