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Re: Massive CME heading our way...

By: DueDillinger in CONSTITUTION | Recommend this post (0)
Sun, 22 Jan 12 10:25 AM | 44 view(s)
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Msg. 17073 of 21975
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The solar flare was categorized as an M-3. The Coronal Mass Ejection was 'full halo'; ie: directed at Earth. The flare is the sunspot eruption on the sun's surface. The CME is what was spit out into space. Moderate flares can produce massive CME events.

That said, this one looks like it's gonna go wide, but may give us some nice aurora action up north.

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Re: Massive CME heading our way...
By: lkorrow
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Sun, 22 Jan 12 9:15 AM
Msg. 17071 of 21975

That's the first time I've seen an M3 referred to as "massive." Very Happy


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