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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Bright Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) observed

 

A bright coronal mass ejection took place from the north-west limb yesterday.

The majority of the cloud is heading north as we will see on the CME prediction model.

However a glancing blow will be possible on February 22nd.












The CME prediction model has been updated by the Goddard Space Flight Center to include this Coronal Mass Ejection (CME).

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Sunspot update:


Sunspot region 1678 continues to grow in size and complexity. This region produced a C2 class solar flare peaking at 1051 UTC.

The animated GIF from SDO shows the rate of growth during the last 24 hours.



Report by Anonymous on 2/20/2013 04:50:00 AM

5 comments:

  1. UnknownFebruary 20, 2013 at 5:58 AM

    what s the the bright object in the Stereo Ahead Cor 2 immage? A meteor headed for the sun?

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    1. UnknownFebruary 20, 2013 at 10:59 AM

      That would be the planet Mercury
      you can see what planets are being seen on STEREO here
      http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/beacon/planets/

      You can find this link at any time in our "Solar Q&A" Page, found in the above Tabs
      http://mysolaralerts.blogspot.com/p/solar-q-guides.html

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  2. UnknownFebruary 21, 2013 at 5:58 AM

    thanks

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2013 at 2:15 PM

    Good Stuff.

    Thank you for the Update!

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