Currently at X2.99. I love the eastern limb.

Didn't know 2 day free shipping worked on the Sun too

3 minutes ago, Jesterface23 said:

Didn't know 2 day free shipping worked on the Sun too

LMAO

The X games have officially commenced

14 minutes ago, cgrant26 said:

The X games have officially commenced

There's always something to look forward to, huh?

Edited May 15, 20241 yr by Wolf star

At first I thought when I saw the message that it was AR3664 again, but the eastern limb is even better.

1 minute ago, Misaka said:

At first I thought when I saw the message that it was AR3664 again, but the eastern limb is even better.

It's position looks like it's going to be prime once it reaches the center disk!

Just now, Parabolic said:

It's position looks like it's going to be prime once it reaches the center disk!

Because of its Longitute?

Just now, Parabolic said:

It's position looks like it's going to be prime once it reaches the center disk!

NOAA says it could possibly be the old region 3655.

43 minutes ago, MinYoongi said:

If i remember right you used to post radio velocity stuff on twitter and very pretty sdo-videos  i miss it

how occulted is this flare? I think i got explained by marcel and sander once that eastern limb flares are usually not that occulted since we can see the loops good.

In my opinion I don't think it was occulted at all. We can see much smaller activity from that region right now.

10 minutes ago, MinYoongi said:

Because of its Longitute?

It's latitude is very close to the sun earth line. Longitude wise, it's got a ways to go

54 minutes ago, Jesterface23 said:

Didn't know 2 day free shipping worked on the Sun too

I'm glad you made the order when 3664 was leaving. Thank you for that 😂

It was a bit occulted, because you can't see a lot activity on the photosphere in AIA 1700. Also judging by the delay between the brigthness increase in AIA 94/131 and the post-flare arcade in 304.
 

Personally I don't think it was occulted at all tbh, I'll be willing to give it a X3.0 rating instead of 2.99 at most 😅

4 minutes ago, mozy said:

Personally I don't think it was occulted at all tbh, I'll be willing to give it a X3.0 rating instead of 2.99 at most 😅

I agree, and i also think we can see some of its spots already. 

On a side note, maybe someone can answer my question. (yes, i already checked the FAQ and found a *similar* question but it did not really answer my question)  : What causes flares like this to go down in such a slow manner? I know its not unusual, but i never really asked myself the question before today. Some flares are super impulsive and go down as quickly as up, but some just take forever. Is it the Post-Flare Arcades "glowing" and emitting stuff afterwards?

I suppose it's like the difference between a cough and a sneeze really 🙄

It was entirely behind the limb

based on the fact that each flare is getting stronger, I conclude that the region continues to grow. One more g4 storm please

4 minutes ago, Adrian Kobyłecki said:

based on the fact that each flare is getting stronger, I conclude that the region continues to grow. One more g4 storm please

If the sunspot number average is continuing to grow, and historically the strongest storms are after that number begins to decline, would it be a safe bet to assume that there are a few brighter nights ahead? 

11 minutes ago, WhereingtonEvent said:

If the sunspot number average is continuing to grow, and historically the strongest storms are after that number begins to decline, would it be a safe bet to assume that there are a few brighter nights ahead? 

Absolutely 

12 minutes ago, WhereingtonEvent said:

If the sunspot number average is continuing to grow, and historically the strongest storms are after that number begins to decline, would it be a safe bet to assume that there are a few brighter nights ahead? 

Yes absolutely 

1 hour ago, Adrian Kobyłecki said:

based on the fact that each flare is getting stronger, I conclude that the region continues to grow. One more g4 storm please

G5, push! 

25 minutes ago, Wolf star said:

G5, push! 

Now any aurora visible from my country would make me happy. I have a few days left before the white nights appear and then there will be no ideal conditions for observations until July 18.

5 minutes ago, Adrian Kobyłecki said:

Now any aurora visible from my country would make me happy. I have a few days left before the white nights appear and then there will be no ideal conditions for observations until July 18.

I still have not seen any auroras this cycle. They are pretty rare where I am, so of course the one time we get a G5 storm it rained all night.

2 hours ago, MinYoongi said:

I agree, and i also think we can see some of its spots already. 

On a side note, maybe someone can answer my question. (yes, i already checked the FAQ and found a *similar* question but it did not really answer my question)  : What causes flares like this to go down in such a slow manner? I know its not unusual, but i never really asked myself the question before today. Some flares are super impulsive and go down as quickly as up, but some just take forever. Is it the Post-Flare Arcades "glowing" and emitting stuff afterwards?

Good question. Would like to learn about this more, too.

Taking a look, this is a brand new region that formed at some point on the far side.

4 minutes ago, Jesterface23 said:

Taking a look, this is a brand new region that formed at some point on the far side.

Have you looked at GONG or JSOC Farside imagery for that? I do think i saw some SolO pictures on twitter with the caption that this is a recurring region. if youre interested, i could dig it out for you