What just happened to GOES?

[DanicaShardae201]

I think the Sun just died. Maybe someone should go check on it.  (is this eclipse?)

 

 

[Veggi]

Someone else asked this recently, It has to do with the equinoxes and happens yearly.

 

question 4 on the FAQ should help. https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/faq.html

Here is the thread where it was asked recently.

 

Upon further inspection, it seems like there was some disagreement later in the discussion than i was active for.

Edited April 7 by Veggi
Added the earlier instance of this question being asked. Edit 2: Mentioned further discussion in the thread.

[Philalethes]

5 hours ago, DanicaShardae201 said:

I think the Sun just died. Maybe someone should go check on it.  (is this eclipse?)

5 hours ago, Veggi said:

Someone else asked this recently, It has to do with the equinoxes and happens yearly.

Yep, still GOES eclipse season. To clarify, the eclipsing object is Earth, as the GOES satellites pass directly behind it around the equinoctes. This seems to be GOES-16, whose eclipse schedule you can find here (only a few days left now). The instance in question:

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PENUMBRA     2024/04/07 04:45:43   2024/04/07 04:49:21      3.63        EARTH
UMBRA        2024/04/07 04:49:21   2024/04/07 05:26:45     37.40        EARTH
PENUMBRA     2024/04/07 05:26:45   2024/04/07 05:30:23      3.63        EARTH