NOAA AR 2011 released an M1.1 flare today, March 22, peak 07:02UT. This flare was followed by another peak in the x-ray flux not entirely visible due to data dropouts from the GOES satellite occurring during a satellite eclipse. The Solar Demon software detected an eruption in SDO/AIA 94 images in the neighbourhood of NOAA AR 2005, peak 9:30UT. We expect more flaring activity in the C-level. Isolated M-flares are possible.
CACTus software sent out a halo CME alert about a plasma eruption on March 20. It concerns the plasma eruption mentioned in the ursigram of March 20 associated with the M1.7 flare. Newly arrived data shows a faint appearance of a CME front in LASCO/SOHO C2 images that comes into the FOV at 04:36UT. The CME has an angular width of around 180 degrees. The solar wind picked up speed (around 450 km/s). The Bz component is positive resulting in a Kp of 2. We expect quiet geomagnetic conditions.
SIDC
Equipment: Coronado 90 + Imaging Source DMK + LX75
Processing: Photoshop, Avistack 300 frames
Date: 03/22/14
Time UT: 13:00
Exposure 1/500 sec.
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