Solar Alert - Significant Flare Detected

Click to see a larger GIF image that I created using frames from the SDO data feed.

There was just an M4.4 off the side of the sun from a region still not Earth-facing.

(Use the iSWA Dashboard to view the data taken
by the Solar Dynamic Observatory and other instruments.)

Here is the event data

SolarSoft displays data from the 20 most recent solar events.

Event # EName Start Stop Peak GOES Class Derived Position
20 gev_20201129_1234 2020/11/29 12:34:00 13:41:00 13:11:00 M4.4 S23E89

Observe how the filament tears away before the eruption.

As seen in AIA 121 the plasma skips across the Suns surface.

Click to see a GIF I created using frames from the data feeds.

( Use the iSWA Dashboard to view the data
taken by the Solar Dynamic Observatory and other instruments.)

Stay alert!

This could be an exciting week for solar activity.