Solar Activity

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It's been very active Solar-wise, with not one but two extremely high-speed CMEs observed on 23 November 2023, reaching max speed of 2016 km/sec.... that's 7,257,600 km/hour! 😲 

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From SpaceWeather.com, which includes spectacular footage of both the high-speed CMEs:

A SHARP INCREASE IN SOLAR ACTIVITY: Over the past week, sunspot numbers have increased almost 10-fold with dozens of dark cores now present on the solar disk. It is no surprise that solar activity has sharply increased as well. Just today multiple overlapping CMEs have billowed away from the sun:

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Analysts will have to spend some time unraveling these clouds to determine their trajectories. However, a NASA model already suggests one may be heading for Earth. The first, bright southerly CME shown in the movie above could hit our planet's magnetic field during the late hours of Nov. 25th. Stay tuned for updates. CME alerts: SMS Text
 

There were some geomagnetic storms observed, but more are expected as a result of this recent Solar activity.

Laboratory of X-ray Astronomy of the Sun

And here's a collective snapshot video of this Solar spate from Gregorio M Vigilante del Sol.