[radioastro] Re: [AZ-Observing] Massive X flare on Sun today - Images from this morning
- From: Victor Herrero <hubbleed@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:24:15 -0700
Hi Chris
I am unable to see an X class flare in the GOES flux:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_5mBL.html
on 110926 or 110925.
I see two ~ M2 X-ray flares on 110926.
Am I confused as usual.
My ignorance is vast.
Even PhDs do not know everything.
Victor
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Chris Schur <comets133@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Around 7:30am this morning we set up our solar scopes and discovered that
> the suns largest spot, AR1302 was in the process of exploding. The flare
> lasted about an hour, and was massive. We captured a sequence of images in
> both Calcium K (Ultraviolet) and Halpha. The biggest discovery for us was
> that when the tuning of the solar scope was offset to the "blue wing" of
> halpha, you could see a huge eruptive spray of plasma shooting out of the
> flare at high speed. I kept shooing the blue wing as well for an hour or
> more until the ejected mass subsided. Solar observers all over the world
> were going nuts this morning, and you will see why here in our summary of
> the days shooting:
> http://www.schursastrophotography.com/solar/sol092511.html
> Thanks for looking!
>
> Clear Skies,
>
> Chris
>
> Schur's Web Portal: http://www.schursastrophotography.com
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