With the net blackout going on today, i wanted to do a run down of all around solar activity today.
As of 17:51 UTC:
SDO is Not up and running
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/aiahmi/dayform.php
STEREO is Not up and running
http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
SOHO is Not up and running
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/spaceweather/
It is unclear at this time if this is due to the net blackout today, or some other issue. Due to this, most real time images on our site will show broken images until these sites are back online.
Update 19:31 utc: The sites are now back up, with the latest images being updated around 15:00.
Solar activity over the last 24hrs has been moderate. There was an eruption at about 13:10 around region 1399 located in the southern region of the solar disk. There was a CME produced, but due to the southern origin of this CME, more data is needed to determine if this CME will have any effects on earth. The solar winds coming from CH493 slowly decayed and are now at 386.3 km/sec.
The X-ray flux has been a bit quiet with the largest flare recorded for Jan 18th being a C2.4 flare located at sunspot region 1401 at 10:30 UTC
Large sunspots 1401 and 1402 developed further and still pose a threat for M flares.
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