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| The Sun recorded its second highest-class X-ray flare in a day |
| 2025-01-05 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Experts have registered the second highest class X flare on the Sun in a day, the Institute of Applied Geophysics (IAP) reported on January 4. “At 15:48 Moscow time, an X1.8 flare was registered in the X-ray range in the sunspot group 3947 (N11E51),” the institution specified on its website. The energy release process lasted 22 minutes. On January 4, an X1.1 flare was also recorded on the solar disk, which lasted 24 minutes. Flares on this celestial body are divided into five classes depending on the power of X-ray radiation: A, B, C, M and X. The last level is the strongest. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on January 3, the IGP reported an X1.2 flare on the Sun. Its duration reached 25 minutes. On the same day, the northern lights were observed in the Irkutsk region. Photos of this phenomenon were distributed by Internet users. It was also seen in Yakutia, Transbaikalia, Buryatia and other regions of the Far East. Experts explained this phenomenon by a powerful magnetic storm that hit the Earth on the night of January 2. In July 2023, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences Anatoly Petrukovich warned in a conversation with the Regnum news agency that powerful solar flares would continue until 2025. The expert specified that the star is experiencing a period of high activity, which repeats approximately every 11 years. More from regnum.ru Scientists have recorded six powerful M and X class flares on the Sun Six flares occurred on the Sun, one of which was of the most powerful class X. This was reported by the Institute of Applied Geophysics (IPG). “On January 4 at 01:41 (Moscow time) in the X-ray range in the sunspot group 3947 (N11E59) a flare X1.1 lasting 24 minutes was registered,” the report states. The IPG also clarified that five more class M outbreaks were recorded. Solar flares are divided into five classes depending on the radiation power. Level X is the highest. Class M is the fourth most powerful. Flares usually result in emissions of solar plasma, clouds of which, reaching the Earth, are capable of provoking magnetic storms on the planet. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on January 3, the IPG recorded the first flare of the highest class X in 2025. The institute noted that the energy release process was observed for 25 minutes. On the morning of December 30, specialists registered two X-class solar flares. They were recorded in the western part of the solar disk. On the morning of January 1, Mikhail Leus, a leading specialist at the Phobos weather center, reported that a G1-class magnetic storm ("weak") had begun on Earth. By the evening of that day, it had reached the G3 level, which is classified on a five-point scale as "strong." Even more from regnum.ru Forecaster reports that the magnetic storm on Earth has ceased The magnetic storm that began on Earth on the morning of Saturday, January 4, has ceased, said Mikhail Leus, a leading specialist at the Phobos weather center. Forecaster Leus reported that the magnetic storm on Earth has ceased At the same time, short periods of weak magnetic storms cannot be ruled out in the next 24 hours: the Earth's magnetosphere will change in the range from unstable to slightly disturbed, the forecaster noted in his Telegram channel. "The weak magnetic storm of class G1 that began on Earth this morning has ceased. The geomagnetic field is currently in a weakly disturbed state," Leus wrote. As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier on January 4, the Institute of Applied Geophysics reported that six flares occurred on the Sun, one of which was a powerful X-class flare. Solar flares are divided into five classes depending on the radiation power. Level X is the highest. Flares usually result in emissions of solar plasma, clouds of which, reaching the Earth, are capable of provoking magnetic storms on the planet. On January 1, Leus reported that a G1-class magnetic storm (“weak”) had begun on Earth. By the evening of that day, it had reached the G3 level, which is classified as “strong” on a five-point scale. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 Scientists warn of the exact date the Sun will explode and alarms are raised I'm not nearly that old. I've often thought I was going to explode. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-01-05 06:15 |