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Solar Flare

Post by Pigeon » Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:24 pm

"There's been a giant magnetic explosion on the sun," Berger said. "Because it's pointed right at us, we'll at least catch some of the cloud" of highly energized and magnetized plasma that can disrupt Earth's magnetic sphere, which sometimes leads to temporary power grid problems.

Forecasters don't yet know when Wednesday's solar storm will arrive here and which part of the planet will be facing the sun and bear the brunt of the effects. It could arrive as early as Thursday morning or may take a few days.

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X 1.6

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Re: Solar Flare

Post by Pigeon » Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:41 pm

Classification 	Peak Flux Range at 100-800 picometre
	(Watts/square metre)
A 	< 10−7
B 	10−7 - 10−6
C 	10−6 - 10−5
M 	10−5 - 10−4
X 	10−4 - 10−3
Z 	> 10−3
Within a class there is a linear scale from 1 to 9.n , so an X2 flare is twice as powerful as an X1 flare, and is four times more powerful than an M5 flare.

X class flares up to at least X28 have been recorded


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Re: Solar Flare

Post by Royal » Thu Sep 11, 2014 3:59 am

We had these hits before... if I remember correctly.

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Re: Solar Flare

Post by Pigeon » Thu Sep 11, 2014 4:44 am

This isn't a Ho Lee Fuk moment even though the conspiracy boards make it out to be.

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Re: Solar Flare

Post by Royal » Thu Sep 11, 2014 5:08 am

Auroras in San Diego would be nice.

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Re: Solar Flare

Post by Pigeon » Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:06 pm

Many out there crave doom porn. Each day must be such a let down.

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Re: Solar Flare

Post by Royal » Sun Sep 14, 2014 4:13 am

dud or a stud?

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Re: Solar Flare

Post by Pigeon » Sun Sep 14, 2014 12:50 pm

Doom porn dud despite all the fluffers.

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Re: Solar Flare

Post by Royal » Wed Sep 06, 2017 10:29 am

An image of Earth has been inserted for scale. The largest of AR2673's dark cores are as wide as our entire planet, and they are surrounded by dozens of smaller cores as big as continents. Amateur astronomers with safely-filtered solar telescopes will have no trouble seeing this behemoth.

Overarching the complex collection of spots is a tangled magnetic canopy that harbors energy for strong solar flares. NOAA forecasters estimate a 75% chance of M-flares and a 25% chance of X-flares on Sept. 6th. Stay tuned for more explosions...

http://spaceweather.com/


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Re: Solar Flare

Post by Pigeon » Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:56 pm

Hurricanes and solar flares. What's the next item up for bid?

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