On May 13, 2013, an X2.8-class flare erupted from
the sun -- the strongest flare of 2013 to date. This NASA image shows a
close-up of the flare as seen by the Solar Dynamics Observatory in the
131 angstrom wavelength.CREDIT: NASA/SDO
by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor
Date: 13 May 2013 Time: 12:29 PM ET
A hyperactive sunspot on the surface of the sun has fired off two of
the most powerful solar flares of the year in just 24 hours, and
promises to unleash more solar storms over the next several days, space weather
experts say.
The active sunspot went into overdrive on Mother's Day when it erupted late Sunday night (May 12) with an X-class solar flare, the strongest type of solar storm possible, NASA scientists said in an update. That first eruption registered as an X1.7-class event on the space weather scale, and was followed midday Monday by an even more powerful X2.8 solar flare, which is the third-strongest solar storm in recent years.
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experts say.The active sunspot went into overdrive on Mother's Day when it erupted late Sunday night (May 12) with an X-class solar flare, the strongest type of solar storm possible, NASA scientists said in an update. That first eruption registered as an X1.7-class event on the space weather scale, and was followed midday Monday by an even more powerful X2.8 solar flare, which is the third-strongest solar storm in recent years.
Video & More -
Link >>> http://www.space.com/21118-biggest-solar-flares-sun-eruptions.html
STEM Student Activity: NASA's Space Weather Action Center:
Link >>> http://www.howtosmile.org/record/4277
Sources: NASA, Space.com .
gaw
Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director,
Friends of the Zeiss
< http://friendsofthezeiss.org >
Electronic Mail - < gawalsh@planetarium.cc >
About the Editor/Author: < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#GAW >
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< http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.
Twitter:
< https://twitter.com/spacewatchtower >
Facebook: < http://www.facebook.com/pages/
Blog:
< http://spacewatchtower.
Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh:
< http://www.planetarium.
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
< http://adlerplanetarium.
* Astronomer, Educator, Optician John A. Brashear:
< http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries:
< http://www.andrewcarnegie.
* Civil War Museum of Andrew Carnegie Free Library:
< http://garespypost.tripod.com >
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh:
< http://inclinedplane.tripod.
* Public Transit:
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