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(meteorobs) Huge Sunspot now visible!
This is a bit off topic, but of some interest . . .
There is a huge sunspot now visible near the middle of the Sun's disk.
I saw it a little while ago with my naked eye (using protective a Mylar
filter). It actually appears ever-so-slightly to the right of the center of
the solar disk. I also notice that a moderately strong solar flare (an M4)
erupted on the Sun earlier today (at around 4 hours UT). If it emanated from
this huge spot, then there is no question that Earth would be directly in the
line of fire of the subatomic particles . . . which very possibly might lead
to some sort of geomagnetic storm in a couple of days. We shall see.
-- joe rao
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