Solar Activity Watch 2011

I just got a text alert from spaceweather.com that we're having a severe geomagnetic storm. KP8

reply to post by triplereiki

A sunspot region can be stable, grow or decay over time.
More spots can be formed, they can join together to form one bigger spot.
When more spots are forming in a region, so can the complexity( magnetic structure, twisted polarities).
The chance of an eruption with M or X flares is higher in a complex region.

This is what AR1302 looked like last month


After turning this is what it looks like today

reply to post by onthelookout


Check out the simulation i posted before
www.abovetopsecret.com...

It's getting a beating

Am i looking at the charts correctly that we can see the auroras all the way down to Oregon or sw Washington?

reply to post by whoshotJR

I guess that depends on what charts you're looking at.
According to this one, no.
www.swpc.noaa.gov...

reply to post by Phage


Sorry, I'm posting from my phone so I didn't link. I'm looking at a map on the spaceweather app. It seemed crazy that it would come that far down.

reply to post by whoshotJR

Spaceweather.com is showing the same chart (from NOAA).
It shows the auroral oval remaining above 60º N.

My tv turned off by itself last night and the cable was out for a few minutes, there was a active severe thunderstorm going on, but we all know its the solar storms that caused it.

If we see this type of activity continue there could be issues, but I think the magnitude would need to be stronger to do much damage.

Geo-magnetic storm in progress right now...

www.youtube.com...

Looks like another solar flare just happened. Can someone look at soho, the lasco c2 images for the last few hours. Not sure what i am looking at. Right at about 20:45.

Not sure what I am looking at either,
looks like significant flares tho.

I've only started following CMEs since the comet thread
is this cause for concern?

sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov...

reply to post by muzzy

Nope.
It was on the far side of the Sun.
Side view, Earth on the right.

Even though there are 8 active regions facing the earth right now, none of them are that strong at all. Beta Gamma is when the big stuff happens:

roduct: Solar Region Summary
:Issued: 2011 Oct 05 0030 UTC
# Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA,
# Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force.
#
Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary
SRS Number 278 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Oct 2011
Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Oct
I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z
Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type
1302 N13W85 281 0240 Dso 08 07 Beta
1305 N11W49 246 0190 Csi 08 10 Beta
1306 N14W34 232 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha
1307 N15W01 198 0010 Bxo 07 04 Beta
1309 N24E42 156 0160 Dao 04 06 Beta
1310 S32E02 195 0045 Dao 06 08 Beta
1311 S12E20 176 0070 Dai 05 12 Beta
1312 N22E74 122 0210 Hsx 04 01 Alpha
IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Oct
Nmbr Location Lo
1308 S25E15 183
II. Regions Due to Return 05 Oct to 07 Oct
Nmbr Lat Lo
1300 N24 107
1299 S19 075
1295 N22 072

www.swpc.noaa.gov...

reply to post by Phage


Hi Phage,

Could you Please fix your link. I really wanna see what your talking about.

Thanks,

kat

reply to post by crappiekat

Can't edit the post but here's the updated image:

All I can say is Wow!

Very impressive.
For someone like me who doesn't view the sun every day. I find that really cool. If that was coming at our earth, what would you say, would be the reactions.

reply to post by crappiekat

Impressive aurora...for sure. Beyond that it gets iffy without enough data.
Satellite/GPS oddities...likely.
Electrical problems...possibly.

The End...nah.

reply to post by Phage


Naw i don't believe that ends stuff. I'm just curious as to what problems something like that could cause our. satilites. And just how that would effect everyday life for us all. I've been doing some reading and it's amazing just how relialble we are on this technology.