15 minutes ago, Jesterface23 said:

Well, another halo CME in C2 imagery

9 minutes ago, NEAurora said:

Faint, but looks quite a bit faster than the previous one, which looked pretty dense.  It will be interesting to see how these two CMEs interact.

 

15 minutes ago, Jesterface23 said:

Well, another halo CME in C2 imagery

What we are seeing in these first frames, wouldn't that be the initial shock front? I don't think we can see the bulk yet until we get a few more frames.

Edited May 8, 20241 yr by Parabolic
Silly phone

14 minutes ago, MinYoongi said:

from the last flare? 

Yes, the latest M8.

want to express my appreciation to all who have contributed both fact and learned conjecture for making these last couple of weeks the BEST educational experience... just way beyond my expectations. WOW!!

I don't wanna jinx anything but just how the region is still growing, and even getting more compact, I honestly expect bigger flares to start taking place real soon...

3 minutes ago, mozy said:

I don't wanna jinx anything but just how the region is still growing, and even getting more compact, I honestly expect bigger flares to start taking place real soon...

Yes, on the limb 😆

Just now, chronical said:

Yes, on the limb 😆

🙃

42 minutes ago, Pegasus51 said:

want to express my appreciation to all who have contributed both fact and learned conjecture for making these last couple of weeks the BEST educational experience... just way beyond my expectations. WOW!!

I'll second that comment. I'm glad I found this place. There are a bunch of very smart people here and some actual experts. All are supportive and happy to share knowledge. I've learned a lot here. I've learned enough to know that there's a lot more I have to learn. Hahaha.

11 minutes ago, mozy said:

I don't wanna jinx anything but just how the region is still growing, and even getting more compact, I honestly expect bigger flares to start taking place real soon...

   Do you mean to the left? Or getting more compact around the mid-south? I missed a lot of imagery so i need a bit of guidance  

6 minutes ago, KW2P said:

I'll second that comment. I'm glad I found this place. There are a bunch of very smart people here and some actual experts. All are supportive and happy to share knowledge. I've learned a lot here. I've learned enough to know that there's a lot more I have to learn. Hahaha.

❤️ i second this too. love this place.

4 minutes ago, MinYoongi said:

   Do you mean to the left? Or getting more compact around the mid-south? I missed a lot of imagery so i need a bit of guidance  

Pretty much all of these mentions

16 hours ago, Sapphire828 said:

@WhereingtonEventI was able to see it this morning with my eclipse glasses quite easily. In my experience ~500 MH sized alpha spot can be seen. If the spot is not compact, usually about 600-700 MH is needed to see it.

I don’t know how I missed it. I wonder if time of day or more accurately, position of the sun in the sky, matters? Last year I saw a sunspot with my naked eyes,…. The smoke from the Canadian wildfires was just right and I will never forget it. I called home but my kids couldn’t be bothered 😕, anywho… I will have to try again later. Thanks! Also I wanted to mention that the sunspot now has more than 60 sunspots in the region. I’m sure that is the highest I have ever seen. Is sixty very high? 

19 minutes ago, mozy said:

I don't wanna jinx anything but just how the region is still growing, and even getting more compact, I honestly expect bigger flares to start taking place real soon...

Ya can’t @mozy.  Unless y’all have been to UPT.  Ha.  Anyway for myself I couldn’t be happier!  Dead ground plane antenna or not. I see an Ephrata washington Ham has just worked NØOT on our 50mhz band and another antenna is easily constructed within the hour.  Mike/Hagrid. 

@WhereingtonEvent had the same question here; what is the number max of sunspots for a region ? Indeed more than 60 seems high number for a region to me.

 

Edit : more than 60 sunspots makes sense because of the cluster. Btw we reached 60 % of chances to see an x class flare now. Never seen such an high % for an x class flare to happen. Lets hope a decent one will pop up soon !

Edited May 8, 20241 yr by MasterOfTheSun777
Found the reason to my silliness.

1 hour ago, KW2P said:

I'll second that comment. I'm glad I found this place. There are a bunch of very smart people here and some actual experts. All are supportive and happy to share knowledge. I've learned a lot here. I've learned enough to know that there's a lot more I have to learn. Hahaha.

And another amen from Washington State USA and Mike. 

The sunspot's activity has been very quiet over the last few hours. Almost too quiet.

4 minutes ago, Misaka said:

 Almost too quiet.

?

its not that quiet! its crackling with C class flares still 

@Misaka there you go  

Is it firing the M7 right now?

 

Edited May 8, 20241 yr by chronical

54 minutes ago, Misaka said:

The sunspot's activity has been very quiet over the last few hours. Almost too quiet.

If you want to scream a lot, you have to breathe first. The apparent calm on the surface can be deceiving. We don't see activity below the surface.
People are often like that too.

1 minute ago, chronical said:

Is it firing the M right now?

And pretty, so far M 7.45.

5 minutes ago, chronical said:

Is it firing the M7 right now?

 

yes visible in suvi 131  

you can even see where exactly within the region the flare originated. i dont know if that matters or tells anything though  

I dont see ejecta but someone on twitter said theres ejecta. can someone maybe clear it up? @mozy @Philalethes @Jesterface23   (new to telling ejecta by 131A)  

 

Watching AR 3664 is more nutritious than watching TV. 📺

1 minute ago, Wolf star said:

Watching AR 3664 is more nutritious than watching TV. 📺

haha  

18 minutes ago, MinYoongi said:

I dont see ejecta but someone on twitter said theres ejecta. can someone maybe clear it up? @mozy @Philalethes @Jesterface23   (new to telling ejecta by 131A)  

 

Can't really see anything that would look like an ejection.. Some minor movements on 195 but eh.. nothing compared to earlier stuff. Also was rather impulsive this time

Just now, SamDieGurke said:

Can't really see anything that would look like an ejection.. Some minor movements on 195 but eh.. nothing compared to earlier stuff. Also was rather impulsive this time

yes thats why i was a bit confused by the tweet. thank you for confirming with me.  i can see movement top left in 195A but i dont think its related since i dont spot other dimmings?

47 minutes ago, MinYoongi said:

I dont see ejecta but someone on twitter said theres ejecta. can someone maybe clear it up? @mozy @Philalethes @Jesterface23   (new to telling ejecta by 131A)  

25 minutes ago, SamDieGurke said:

Can't really see anything that would look like an ejection.. Some minor movements on 195 but eh.. nothing compared to earlier stuff. Also was rather impulsive this time

I don't see much sign of any ejection from this region, but a little bit up and to the left there seems to be something going on, looks like a filament eruption.

Just now, Philalethes said:

I don't see much sign of any ejection from this region, but a little bit up and to the left there seems to be something going on, looks like a filament eruption.

I already posted about it in the filament thread  if you like, come over!

34 minutes ago, MinYoongi said:

36 minutes ago, Wolf star said:

Watching AR 3664 is more nutritious than watching TV. 📺

 

Haha.  And we don’t know the ending either…. 😝 

I am tempted to rename this AR E3664 as the “Energizer Bunny” of SC-25.  It keeps on going and going…..