Sun fires off major solar flare from Earth-facing sunspot

space.com ^ | 10/28/2021 | Tarik Maliq

[BenLurkin]

Solar particles blasted out in association with the flare could hit Earth tomorrow (Oct. 29).

A major solar flare erupted from the sun on Thursday (Oct. 28) in the strongest storm yet of our star's current weather cycle.

The sun fired off an X1-class solar flare, its most powerful kind of flare, at 11:17 a.m. EDT (1517 GMT), according to an alert from the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Group, which tracks space weather events.

The group warned that the eruption could spawn a wide-area radio communications blackout for high-frequency signals for about an hour. "Area of impact consists of large portions of the sunlit side of Earth, strongest at the sub-solar point," it wrote in an email alert.

Thursday's flare appeared to originate from a sunspot called AR2887 currently positioned in the center of the sun and facing the Earth, based on its location. The sunspot was responsible for two moderate M-class solar flares earlier in the day, according to SpaceWeather.com, which also tracks daily sun weather.

The coronal mass ejection from a Tuesday flare up of AR2887 could deliver a "glancing blow" to Earth sometime on Friday (Oct. 30), SpaceWeather.com reported.

[chuckr]

With earth’s poles in the process of flipping and the magnetic field shield weakening, it will not take the 1859 Carrington Soar Event(High end X flare) to disrupt electric power grids all over the earth.

Consider what life would be like without electric power for 6 mos to a year. Nova science program researched this and reported it will not be pretty.

Stay calm and be prepared.

[Daffynition]

See your orange ball and raise you 2.

[nascarnation]

Good Lord, that’s wider than Hillary’s @ss....

[Vermont Lt]

We won’t die. But stuff won’t work….then we die.

[Sirius Lee]

Starfarts: They’re real and one could be in your neighborhood right now! Film at eleven.

[TexasGunLover]

What time do I shut down/unplug my desktop and flip phone?

If it is big enough to damage them, shutting them down won't make a difference.

[Vermont Lt]

It usually takes about 72 hours to get here. So Saturday, Saturday night.

[Bobalu]

I remember Head Games, he was always on Art Bell...

[Bobalu]

Jabba the Pumpkin.

A Jack-o-Lantern that the whole family can sit in...

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

A deep space “ass-blaster!

[guest7]

"So, we’re all gonna die, again?"

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X-Flare!

October 28, 2021 @ 15:55 UTC (UPDATED)

A major solar flare measuring X1.0 was just observed around AR 2887 at 15:35 UTC. The active region is directly facing Earth and should a CME be produced, it would almost certainly be directed towards our planet.

CME Update: Imagery courtesy of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) confirms that a coronal mass ejection (CME), likely of the halo variety is associated and should be directed squarely towards our planet. A Type II Radio Emission with an estimated velocity of 1263 km/s was recorded. An impact past our planet should be expected this weekend and will be good news for aurora sky watchers. This information will be confirmed once updated Earth facing coronagraph imagery is available. Stay Tuned!

ALERT: Type II Radio Emission
Begin Time: 2021 Oct 28 1529 UTC
Estimated Velocity: 1263 km/s

Radiation Storm: A minor (S1) radiation storm now in progress as energetic particle levels continue to rise in the wake of the solar flare.

ALERT: Proton Event 10MeV Integral Flux exceeded 10pfu
Begin Time: 2021 Oct 28 1740 UTC
NOAA Scale: S1 - Minor

CME Captured by STEREO Ahead (Oct 28)

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[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

8. The sun’s version of “urban renewal”!!!

[Textide]

More info here. Looks like a minor storm. The Coronal Mass Ejection loop shows some interesting activity in the last few hours.

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/

[Openurmind]

Probably mess up some AM radio TX/DX...

https://www.solarham.net/

[Openurmind]

Lol, you just beat me to it...

SolarHam is the place to watch. :)

[David Chase]

New York Times:

Women, Minorities and Communications on Mercury effected the most.

[Textide]

Great site! Thanks for the URL.

[libertylover]

Good point(s).

[mewzilla]

Mr. Sunny hocked a loogie!

[libertylover]

WHAT?????? Do they mean the sun has something to do with earth’s weather and climate? Last time they told us it was all of those cow farts.