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Sunsport 1016

#1 Postby senorpepr » Fri May 01, 2009 4:16 pm

A new sunspot developed on the sun's western limb. Earlier today, it shot off a B-class flare (B1), but activity has since simmered down.

Here are some photos courtesy of spaceweather.org

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Re: Sunsport 1016

#2 Postby Aslkahuna » Fri May 01, 2009 10:39 pm

It was rated as a Cß group with low latitude in the SH and SC23 polarity.

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