What a day! Sunspot region 3664 and 3668 have merged into a very complex sunspot cluster which has been producing a ton of M-class activity and even two X1 events. The first of these two X-class solar flares was unremarkable but the second X1 solar flare produced a coronal mass ejection with an earth-directed component but more on that later. We are also going to take a look at an M-class event which also produced a coronal mass ejection. A lot to go over today!
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Last X-flare | 2024/11/06 | X2.3 |
Last M-flare | 2024/11/08 | M1.4 |
Last geomagnetic storm | 2024/10/12 | Kp5 (G1) |
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Last spotless day | 2022/06/08 |
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October 2024 | 166.4 +25 |
November 2024 | 190.1 +23.7 |
Last 30 days | 160.2 +7.9 |