21 March 2023

Solar Activity

LiveScience: A close-up image of an enormous wall of falling plasma, known as a polar crown prominence, above the solar surface on March 9. (Image credit: Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau)

Thanks to Solar Observer, I can generally keep track of some Solar activity without having to go all over the place for information. There has been so much attention on our Sun this year because of all that's occurring, including some really wild moments. 

I'll post some highlights here from Solar Observer but please go through the site itself for more resources and information.

X2.1-Class Solar Flare on 3 March 2023

Huge prominence eruption behind the southeast limb 15 March 2023

Prominence eruption on Sun´s north pole 18 March

Huge filament eruption on the southwest limb 19 March 2023

60,000-mile-high Plasma waterfall.


Comet ATLAS C/2024 G3

SpaceWeather It's another ATLAS Comet, this one is named C/2024 G3. From the footage above, we see our Sun beaming generously into the d...