Solar Flares, Strong X-ray Event exceeded X2(R3)
In the last 24 hours there have been at least 3 significant Flares on the sun. As you can see from this image there are several significant sun spots in…
Category Archives: Space Weather
M4 Class Solar Radio Blast
Sunspot AR1875 erupted on Oct. 22nd (21:20 UT), with M4 level radio emissions. An alert was sent by the NOAA space weather division. There is a 30% chance of M…
M Class Flare with Earth directed CME 10-13-13
The sun unleashed an M1.7 class CME today with an Earth directed CME.At 00:43 UT, sunspot AR1865 erupted with a flash of radiation. The CME should arrive on October 15-16…
Sun’s activity heating up. M2.8 Class Solar Flare detected.
The sun currently has eight sunspots visible, up from zero only a few weeks ago. While we wait for the sun’s magnetic field to flip and the solar max to…
Geomagnetic Storm Watch – Moderate Storm Predicted
UPDATE – 10/2/13 09:00est Alert: Geomagnetic K-index of 6 Threashold reached at 10/2/203 04:54 UTC Scale G2 – Moderate Update 10/1/13 10:30 est:. Geomagnetic Sudden Impulse detected at 20:13 10/2/13…
Spectacular CME with Earth Directed Impact
Update 10/2/13 – Effects from CME felt on Earth. Read about the Geomagnetic Storm. Original Post below: A spectacular CME erupted which could have an effect on Earth on 9/29/13….
Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) Launch is Successful
NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) solar observatory separated from its Pegasus rocket and is in the proper orbit. This followed a successful launch by the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL…
New Solar Mission (IRIS) Rescheduled to Launch June 27
A Pegasus Rocket is set to drop from the Orbital Sciences L-1011 carrier aircraft with NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission. Launch is set for 7:27 p.m. PDT (10:27…
