M-class solar flares from a new sunspot region

Tuesday, 26 October 2021 17:00 UTC

M-class solar flares from a new sunspot region

A new sunspot region currently on the north-east limb is really making itself known today. We have had a flurry of C-class solar flares from this new region today and it even managed to produce not one, but two M-class solar flares!

The first of these M-class solar flares took place at 02:47 UTC and peaked at M1.3 (R1-minor). The second M-class solar flare that took place today was an M1.0 solar flare (R1-minor) and peaked at 15:57 UTC. None of these eruptions or any of the C-class solar flares produced coronal mass ejections with an earth-directed component. This is of course due to this region's location on the east limb.

Looking at SDO footage from today we see a really active area with numerous small eruptions throughout the day. Could this be an interesting sunspot region that is going to bring us two exciting weeks as it transits the earth-facing side or will it decay before it has the chance to produce an earth-facing eruption? Time will tell so keep an eye out for any future solar flare alerts on the website and of course the SpaceWeatherLive mobile app.

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