edit: looks like it was in the region of 4046

Edited March 28Mar 28 by Velocity

Absolute unit of a eruption... Just spectacular.

X1 flare just occurred... a new region coming!

Haha. I was just about to post that 131 shot but @MeteoLatvia and @FredSchuller have the better ones! Subsequently I see some post-eruption arches too. And in the SH there is another loopy region back a few degrees in longitude. Exciting times just down the road again we all hope!!

Edited March 28Mar 28 by hamateur 1953
Typo

Looks like something just beyond the limb keeps spewing out M-flares!

Hey guys I’m here to tell you about another chunky region which just spawned in on the eastern limb this time looking more complex than 4046 so fingers crossed for this region :))

Definitely chunky. Hopefully it’s complex

It’s the best looking region for a while now

Got designated as AR4048 and started a topic for it since it seems promising ^^ (I dont know how to link to it LOL)

Sadly AR4046 and AR4048 went quiet as they approached and entered the Earth strike zone, but at least there's no shortage of emerging flux.
AR4050, 4051, 4052 and 4053 have popped up over the last day, all on the west limb.

There's also an unnamed region to the east of AR4048, and one around N06E52.
They are not impressive regions just yet, but hopefully it means there's still some activity to come.

2 hours ago, Echound said:

Sadly AR4046 and AR4048 went quiet as they approached and entered the Earth strike zone, but at least there's no shortage of emerging flux.
AR4050, 4051, 4052 and 4053 have popped up over the last day, all on the west limb.

There's also an unnamed region to the east of AR4048, and one around N06E52.
They are not impressive regions just yet, but hopefully it means there's still some activity to come.

Yeah Only Decent news as of now is farside Imagery has been showing another potential sunspot Region that should Turn into View Soon it could be a Disappointment or a Decent Region or just a error.

Edited April 5Apr 5 by Peogauuia

This formed over the past 24hrs, looks like something to watch. (just east of 4048)

The Region on the farside Imagery is the One that's Probably Been Producing Those CMES on the East limb Should be a Decent Region.

17 hours ago, Echound said:

Sadly AR4046 and AR4048 went quiet as they approached and entered the Earth strike zone, but at least there's no shortage of emerging flux.
AR4050, 4051, 4052 and 4053 have popped up over the last day, all on the west limb.

There's also an unnamed region to the east of AR4048, and one around N06E52.
They are not impressive regions just yet, but hopefully it means there's still some activity to come.

Yeah the unnamed region east of 4048 did emerge rather quickly. I don’t see it registered yet, but probably will be later. It needs to develop fast if it’s gonna nail us with a CME. I have little hope for 4048 at this point. Looks to be decaying rapidly especially in the leading negatives. Edit: looks like 4054 is developing between polarities since it showed up.

Edited April 5Apr 5 by hamateur 1953
Typo. New region 4054

Little Sunspot Turning into view on the east limb Don't expect anything from it though.

Edited April 5Apr 5 by Peogauuia

I just read a note on solar ham regarding a CME off of the northeast limb earlier today. The prominent loops are still visible in most wavelengths. Should see what’s up within a few days.

39 minutes ago, hamateur 1953 said:

I just read a note on solar ham regarding a CME off of the northeast limb earlier today. The prominent loops are still visible in most wavelengths. Should see what’s up within a few days.

They are PEAL'S. These are crazy huge though and thought they were just coronal loops until I looked closer. They start around 03:00:00 04/05.

1 hour ago, Parabolic said:

They are PEAL'S. These are crazy huge though and thought they were just coronal loops until I looked closer. They start around 03:00:00 04/05.

Yeah. We have discussed them before on other threads. Rarely seen them quite this large however!

This looks like it has potential to be pretty complex.

Early days I know, but I am hopeful.

Might be some sunspots rotating into the visible solar disk.

6 hours ago, Nico said:

This looks like it has potential to be pretty complex.

Early days I know, but I am hopeful.

Hoping it’s the region that spit that nice CME off to the east a few days ago, and has something left for us!

19 minutes ago, hamateur 1953 said:

Hoping it’s the region that spit that nice CME off to the east a few days ago, and has something left for us!

Interesting only the western alpha got designated in 4057 and not the whole region.

Is there a cut-off distance for a cluster to be considered as one? (or multiple)

6 minutes ago, Nico said:

Interesting only the western alpha got designated in 4057 and not the whole region.

Is there a cut-off distance for a cluster to be considered as one? (or multiple)

That is a good point. Typically AXX is a placeholder used by SWPC until the full extent of a region is in view. Also if you check the European website Solen ( I do) you might notice a difference of opinion regarding specific areas or regions. Not a big deal imo. The sun is going to happily continue to provide us with entertainment ( or frustration) no problem there. 😊. Tbh I haven’t looked at today’s synoptic map, but will now.

https://www.solen.info/solar/. Oops. Somehow I accidentally removed the solen link if y’all had the interest. Here it is again. Btw @Nico I think it should be mostly in view by now. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like much if anything. I don’t keep good track of longitudinal progressions, unfortunately. Whatever discharged that CME a few days ago may very well be dead on arrival. Hopefully not!

Looking at Solarham just now the CME area appeared to have come further back and at a higher latitude, so it is possible that more fireworks are in store for the next week.

Edited April 7Apr 7 by hamateur 1953
Synoptic map reference and Solen link.

14 hours ago, hamateur 1953 said:

The sun is going to happily continue to provide us with entertainment ( or frustration)

Btw @Nico I think it should be mostly in view by now. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like much if anything. I don’t keep good track of longitudinal progressions, unfortunately. Whatever discharged that CME a few days ago may very well be dead on arrival. Hopefully not!

Looks like frustration for this one,
Basically looks like it has been relegated to 2-3 wide-spaced alpha (all positive) spots, what a shame.

The noteworthy regions have been pretty equatorial recently...

I hope it is not ending sooner than projected, that would make me sad; I only got to see aurora 2 times in the last year (and in my life).

Edited April 8Apr 8 by Nico

4 hours ago, Nico said:

Looks like frustration for this one,
Basically looks like it has been relegated to 2-3 wide-spaced alpha (all positive) spots, what a shame.

The noteworthy regions have been pretty equatorial recently...

I hope it is not ending sooner than projected, that would make me sad; I only got to see aurora 2 times in the last year (and in my life).

I haven’t run an average in a few weeks and was considering doing that soon btw. In any event, typically the geomagnetic maximums in most if not all solar cycles occur after Solar Maximum which was presently determined to have occurred last fall around September and October. Going into the next two or three years should give us both many more opportunities for experiencing them. This cycle has been great imo. It shouldn’t disappoint us.

The east limb definitely looks promising with a couple regions right around the corner. Hopefully something good turns soon! My go to imagery for incoming regions is b&w magnetogram and dopplergram. Always see a hint of them there first.

Sorry I’m on mobile so I can’t upload photos.

Edited April 8Apr 8 by Miles
Added information regarding spotting regions