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Active Region 1748 remains a magnetically complex region and more M-class solar flares are possible. We also take a look at the Coronal Mass Ejection from the M3.2 solar flare and the CME impact from last night. Read about it on the forum. More info

Real-time solar images

On this page you'll find an overview of the most recent solar images from the SDO, STEREO and PROBA 2 spacecraft. The active regions are shown on the images, no text will be shown if there are no regions on the sun
Click on an image for a bigger view.

Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO)

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STEREO

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SECCHI Time-Elongation Plots

Below are time-elongation plots built up from SECCHI running difference images, known colloquially by some as "J-plots". Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are seen as diagonal bright and dark bands running from lower-left to upper-right. The steepness of the band reflects the speed of the CME. So an angle of 80 degrees would give us a CME speed of nearly 800km/sec; an angle of 50 degrees gives us a CME speed arround 300km/sec. Occasionally one can also see planets or bright stars as streaks in the plots.

PROBA 2 - SWAP instrument

Courtesy of SDO (NASA) and the [AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium; STEREO, LASCO and PROBA

There are currently, on the basis of the current data, no chances to see an aurora display on the Middle latitudes

In the past two hours there was a small solar flare with a class of:

C2.4

Auroral activity

Live

High latitude (76% chance)

Middle latitude (2% chance)

Low latitude (2% chance)

Today

Minor

Severe

High latitude

20%

75%

Middle latitude

30%

20%

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