Space Weather

[Jherrith]

Gives me something to look forward to since I am on the East coast

[sidherose]

I'm afraid the mountains are in the way for me :(  Not to mention the buildings next door. Bummer!

[sidherose]

Scientists have spotted a million mile long filament on the Sun they say could erupt into a Coronal Mass Ejection in the next few days. It's pretty impressive looking!

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-solar-filament-sun-eruption-flare-prominence-nasa-20141006-story.html

[thelufias]

Well I'm on the East Coast until Friday....but wouldn't you know....rain is in the forecast for today and tomorrow....but we shall see.

And yes..that CME looks to be a huge one.....

[Aelin]

Sun likes create the show 
For wednesday sky, i hope that you have a nice sky at the good moment!

[thelufias]

Right now it looks like the "Blood Moon" won't be seen here on the East Coast due to weather....

[Katt]

Yeah ... crazy windy & damp on the east coast today ....

[Jherrith]

 CHANCE OF FLARES: Despite shrinking by ~10% on Oct. 24th, sunspot AR2192 remains the largest and most active sunspot of the current solar cycle. Earth-directed explosions are likely this weekend. NOAA forecasters estimate an 85% chance of M-class flares and a 45% chance of X-flares during the next 24 hours.

RAPID FIRE X-FLARES: Flares have been predicted, sunspot AR2192 has complied. In the past 24 hours, the giant active region has produced two X-class solar flares: X3 (Oct. 24 @ 2140 UT) and X1 (Oct 25 @ 1709 UT). Using a backyard solar telescope, Sergio Castillo of Corona, California, was monitoring the sunspot on Oct. 24th when it exploded, and he snapped this picture:

"This flare was so intense that it almost shorted out my computer! Well ... not really," says Castillo, "but I knew right away that it was an X-class eruption."

Both X-flares produced brief but strong HF radio blackouts over the day side of Earth. Communications were disturbed over a wide area for approximately one hour after the peak of each explosion. Such blackouts may be noticed by amateur radio operators, aviators, and mariners.

Interestingly, none of the X-flares from this active region has so far produced a major CME. The latest eruptions on Oct. 24-25 appear to be no exception. As a result, Earth-effects may be limited to the radio blackouts. However, stay tuned for updates as analysts look more carefully at coronagraph data for signs of an incoming CME

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[sidherose]

Thanks for posting this here J. I was trying to read about it and kept getting all these sites with pop-ups on them. I know...I should have just used the search engine. But anyway -

It should be interesting to see what this one does. Wasn't 2012 supposed to be the 'end' year of the current cycle. Or are we in a new one now that's a continuation of the last one? 

[thelufias]

You are right Cookie...according to last years readings things should have been slowing down...and now they have this massive one....and I mean MASSIVE.....

I go nowhere else but Spaceweather.com lately. Less Clutter.