We are 8 light minutes from ole Solei...it’s already hit.
Mebbe part of the Verizon outage...
The radiation can get here in 8 minutes.
CMEs take 3 days to reach earth. They’re what cause geomagnetic storms.
I wonder how far south aurora will be visible this time. That monster in May had them showing up all the way down to FL.
The particles of the CME travel slower, they can arrive up to 3 days later depending on their velocity.
The Carrington event occurred quickly, there had been a previous CME thar that “cleared the way” for the Carrington CME to arrive quickly.
Space isn’t a true vacuum, the solar wind density between us and Sol will slow the arrival of a CME.
Cell service would be hurt by the x rays of the actual flare, that alone might trop equipment safeties.
Spaceweather.com might have up to date and accurate data on current solar wind density and auroral oval coverage.
Lol...
I checked spaceweather rught after I posted, saw the following:
TWO CMEs ARE HEADING FOR EARTH: Confirmed: Two CMEs are now heading for Earth following consecutive X-flares (X7.1 and X9.1) from active sunspot AR3842. According to NOAA and NASA models, the first will strike Earth on Oct 4th and the second (more potent) will strike on Oct. 6th. The dual impacts could spark strong G3-class geomagnetic storms with auroras at mid-latitudes, especially on Oct. 6th. CME impact alerts: SMS Text
The change in frequency of the light (emitted radiation) has, but the CME's are MASS EJECTION of MATTER and Matter does not travel at the speed of light.
It's like hearing an explosion, and then being pelted by the debris a few seconds later. IF matter went the speed of light, it would turn into energy.
Didn’t mean to pile on. I didn’t read the rest of the posts before commenting.
I just hope the multiple responses to your post lift us all up higher, both posters and lurkers.
Since the flare is real material it doesn’t travel at light speed. NASA pages had a range of time from 15 hours to 5 days.