hamateur 1953 Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 This southern AR announced itself by kicking out that M1.79 and a non earth-directed CME practically immediately when it arrived. It appears to be growing rapidly and bears watching. One C.6 and two lower ones. I see what might be a tiny delta in the leading neg spot, however will defer to others better at the delta spotting than myself for now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution mozy Posted October 8, 2023 Solution Share Posted October 8, 2023 It has been growing, but definitely not rapidly, been a whole day now and It's still looking fairly boring, already losing some spots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamateur 1953 Posted October 8, 2023 Author Share Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) Bummer. It was looking really good initially. But thanks for the input. Will be interesting nonetheless to see what swpc and Jan have to say about it later. Edited October 8, 2023 by hamateur 1953 Afterthoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancanneyt Sander Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Initially yes but it has further simplified 😕 hopefully some more spot development soon but it doesn’t look promising 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Designated BG now with more spots. N. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamateur 1953 Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) Interesting, although there has been some reduction in size of the two leading negatives. There appears to be significant polarity intermixing among the positive spots. Which also appear to have strengthened in intensity. Definitely a BG although quiet at present. Edit. We need it to wait until it can do us some good anyway, I’m patient 🤣🤣 Edited October 9, 2023 by hamateur 1953 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 It's looking good now, a bit more growth and one would expect flaring to kick back up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vancanneyt Sander Posted October 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2023 8 minuten geleden, mozy zei: It's looking good now, a bit more growth and one would expect flaring to kick back up again. Indeed, I see some delta spots in the region 😍 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesterface23 Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 It's only a little over half a day in. Keep on going 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tniickck Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 b-g-d for sure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamateur 1953 Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) 3460 thanks 1 hour ago, tniickck said: b-g-d for sure you for your support and may continue to develop. 😊 And dealt out a 3.7 to say thanks! I just looked at SDO 131 feed and I think I also see interaction with little 3457. Tomorrow will be interesting if this keeps up. 😎 Edited October 9, 2023 by hamateur 1953 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 A few hours short of a day has made a difference. Positive polarity areas have increased in strength. (Blue) N. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesterface23 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 There looks to have been moments of magnetic shear around the area of the northeast negative polarity part of the region. If the spots could be bigger, that would be nice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamateur 1953 Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 It seems to be separating in general, but still has significant polarity complications. The delta if there is one anymore sure isn’t doing much at all. Today’s the day 3460. Lets get with that CME before you head out of our “ zone” of influence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 (edited) 22 hours ago, hamateur 1953 said: It seems to be separating in general, but still has significant polarity complications. The delta if there is one anymore sure isn’t doing much at all. Today’s the day 3460. Lets get with that CME before you head out of our “ zone” of influence. …So SolarSoft reports a C9.7 flare coming from this AR and now has updated its report saying it was in fact from 3451. Very confusing! N. Edited October 12, 2023 by Newbie ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamateur 1953 Posted October 12, 2023 Author Share Posted October 12, 2023 Almost an M there 3460! We know ya have it in ya. Lost a few spots, but we need that CME ‘60. C’mon. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majakaiye Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 (edited) Please, can someone guide me on how to identify the region of a solar flare occurrence? Edited October 13, 2023 by majakaiye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamateur 1953 Posted October 13, 2023 Author Share Posted October 13, 2023 (edited) Why?? Glad you asked! Not only did it taunt us with expectations of development etc. It had the gall to get a C 9.7 attributed to itself! This flare was the property of 3451 which has left the scene for now, and may return with a vengeance. Time will tell…. Edit, this is a psychological trick known as reverse psychology. If effective 3460 should respond with an X flare and associated CME within 24 hours of this post… Edited October 13, 2023 by hamateur 1953 Clarification of intent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamateur 1953 Posted October 13, 2023 Author Share Posted October 13, 2023 (edited) https://www.lmsal.com/solarsoft/latest_events/ There are several ways that this may be done. My preferred method these days is to use the “ x marks the spot” where essentially x diffraction lines are produced at 131 angstroms ( the bluish photos) on the larger M and X flares. This is more difficult along the edges or limb as we call it here. Then when I have the region identified It is usually a simple matter to correlate it to the swpc number designation. Lmsal ( solar soft) also posts flares with regions fairly rapidly. I’ll post a link shortly for you. Welcome aboard! Mike/Hagrid. 10 hours ago, majakaiye said: Please, can someone guide me on how to identify the region of a solar flare occurrence? Edited October 13, 2023 by hamateur 1953 Added solar soft link at top 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philalethes Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 12 hours ago, majakaiye said: Please, can someone guide me on how to identify the region of a solar flare occurrence? As hamateur says above, you're typically looking to see the flare visually on some ultraviolet imaging instrument. The link they posted detects such occurrences automatically and tries to match it with an appropriate region, but you can also look yourself on e.g. SUVI (or SDO, although the data there isn't as live), and you will typically see it light up in some way, especially in the teal imagery (corresponding to a wavelength of 131 Å); like they mention, for M-class flares and stronger you will also typically see diffraction spikes at the point of flaring, making it even more apparent. After you see where the flaring is coming from you can check against some image showing the different active regions to know which one is the source, such as the one on the home page here on SWL. Sometimes it won't be completely clear though, with flaring occurring between regions that are close nearby, or sometimes even from regions that haven't been designated yet, and so on, but usually it's fairly simple to identify. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesterface23 Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 When in doubt lol So close, yet so far 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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