Tag Archives: 2011

SOLAR ACTIVITY UPDATE:Grand Filament More Than 700000km (Nov 12th, 2011).

GRAND FILAMENT: A filament of magnetism more than 700000 km long is curling around the sun’s northeastern limb. The filament is weighted down by solar plasma. If it erupts–as such filaments are prone to do–it could fall to the stellar … Continue reading

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X1.9 Class Flare / Solar Watch Nov 4, 2011

X-FLARE: Earth-orbiting satellites have just detected an X2-class solar flare. The source is huge sunspot AR11339. The strong X1.9 Solar Flare was recorded at 20:46 UTC Thursday evening. associated with this flare was an R3 Level Radio Blackout and a … Continue reading

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X1.8 Class Solar Flare Sep 7, 2011

ANOTHER X-FLARE: Earth-orbiting satellites have detected another strong flare from sunspot 1283. The X1.8 category blast occured at 2238 UT on Sept. 7th. SOLAR RADIO BURSTS: This week’s sharp increase in solar activity has turned the sun into a radio … Continue reading

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SOLAR ACTIVITY UPDATE: New Emerging Sunspot 1314 is Popping With B/C Flares(Oct 10th, 2011).

3-day Solar-Geophysical Forecast issued Oct 09 22:00 UTC Solar Activity Forecast: Solar activity is expected to remain low for the next three days (10-12 October). Geophysical Activity Forecast: The geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet to unsettled with a … Continue reading

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Massive X6.9 Class Solar Flare / Solar Watch Aug 9, 2011

Massive X6.9 Solar Flare: The largest solar flare of Cycle 24 just took place at 08:05 UTC and it registered X6.9. The source was Sunspot 1263 which is nearing the Western Limb. Because of its location, any large explosions may … Continue reading

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M1.4 Class Solar Flare / Solar Watch Aug 2nd, 2011

A Strong M1.4 Class solar flare from AR 11261 was recorded at 5:19 August 2nd, This active region was just past the earth facing position so there could be an associated coronal mass ejection headed earthbound. Associated with this blast … Continue reading

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Solar Tsunami & M-Flare / Solar Watch June 15, 2011

Big active region 11236 is crackling with M-class solar flares. This newly numbered region has turned the north-eastern limb and looks like it may produce more strong category flares in the coming days. A coronal mass ejection (CME) billowed away … Continue reading

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