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ALPO Solar Assistant Coordinator Kim Hay has generated a brief summary report for Carrington Rotations 2277 through 2279. It is available at the following link for your review.
ALPO Solar Assistant Coordinator Kim Hay has generated a brief summary report for Carrington Rotations 2273 through 2276. It is available at the following link for your review.
ALPO Solar Assistant Coordinator Kim Hay has generated a brief summary report for Carrington Rotations 2268 through 2272. It is available at the following link for your review.
Solar News Headlines
Another Large Eruption
5/14/2024
The strongest solar flare in over 5 years exploded off the Sun from the same sunspot group that recently caused a wide-ranging aurora display. However, this one is unlikely to result in any aurora since the sunspot is located at the very edge of the visible side of the Sun. Even so, high-frequency radio blackouts are still likely on Earth. More details here.
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Surpise Aurora!
3/24/2023
Forecasters did not see this
one coming! On March 23-24, auroras spread into the United States as far
south as New Mexic0 during a severe (category G4) geomagnetic storm--the
most intense in nearly 6 years. The cause of the storm is still unclear;
it may have been the ripple effect of a near-miss CME on March 23rd.
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Observation Spotlight
Equipment: C14 EDGE HD, Basler 1920-155 camera
Massive sunspot AR3751 is feaaaaatured in this very detailed image from July 17th
Event Calendar
2024-08-23 08:09 UT
Start of Carrington Rotation 2288
2024-09-19 14:22 UT
Start of Carrington Rotation 2289
2024-10-16 21:08 UT
Start of Carrington Rotation 2290