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[bigdob24]

Just got back out after lunch and the 4085 area is exploding 

Have a look and I hope someone gets an animation

Enjoy

Dan

[bigdob24]

When I looked at the alerts it was a M 4.7.

That has to be the largest flare I’ve seen, It blew off a considerable distance above the disk , way taller than the largest proms I can remember and it’s all but gone now.

Fantastic to watch in real time

Dan

[gstrumol]

Thanks for the heads-up, Dan.

 

Unfortunately, its been cloudy all day here. But I did make this collage of GONG images to show it:

 

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Approximately 40 minutes from start to finish, just as you recorded. If you run the video on GONG it is a quick burst only, given their time increments for new images.

[Durkinphd]

I just happened to take my PST out around 11:20 AM (PDT) and saw the twisting mass of plasma plus a distant cloud of plasma faintly glowing (GONG's field is not wide enough to see this cloud). Moments later, my phone went off with the Solar Flare Alert. Fantastic stuff! 

[randcpoll]

Wow, that is impressive! Here it's totally cloudy and rainy as usual this spring.

That reminds me of one I took with my 50mm Lunt in 2022. I added an earth image more or less to scale to show magnitude.

 

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Edited by randcpoll, 14 May 2025 - 02:56 PM.