C7.1 Flare from Sunspot Region 1401

    Starting at 02:32 UTC on Sunday January 22, 2011, Sunspot Region 1401 released a C7.1 magnitude Solar Flare.  At the time of this post Sunspot Region 1401 is very active and can be seen interacting with it's companion Sunspot Region 1402, magnetically .  Keep watch in the following hours for more activity from these Sunspot Regions.

  Here we see the Global D Saturation as it increased significantly with this event.