M5.7 solar flare from sunspot region 3004
Wednesday, 4 May 2022 14:22 UTC
Sunspot region 3004 has really developed over the past 24 hours into a very nice sunspot region with a complex Beta-Gamma-Delta magnetic layout.
This sunspot region is currently in a prime earth-facing position which gives us high hopes! This morning at 08:59 UTC it showed some potential as it produced an M5.7 (R2-moderate) solar flare. Not bad! The solar flare however was rather impulsive and it does not look like a coronal mass ejection was launched based on the most recent coronagraph imagery. We do however advice to keep an eye on this sunspot region as more solar flares (even low X-class) are possible considering this region's complex magnetic layout.
Today's M5.7 solar flare came from this interesting region, AR3004. The eruption was impulsive and it looks like it did not launch a CME. The region harbors a complex Beta-Gamma-Delta layout and should be monitored for more M-class or perhaps even low X-class activity. pic.twitter.com/LTc1etgycU
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