{"id":25191,"date":"2022-10-02T18:02:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T22:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=25191"},"modified":"2022-10-02T18:02:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T22:02:53","slug":"large-sunspot-possible-x-class-flares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=25191","title":{"rendered":"Large Sunspot, Possible X-Class Flares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><b>Space Weather News for Oct. 2, 2022<br \/>\n<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/Spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&amp;id=353dcc51fd&amp;e=de6f94dc30\">https:\/\/spaceweather.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/Spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&amp;id=377dd1def4&amp;e=de6f94dc30\">https:\/\/www.spaceweatheralerts.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>A BIG DANGEROUS SUNSPOT: <\/b>One of the biggest sunspots in years has just rotated over the sun&#8217;s northeastern limb. AR3112 has a mixed-polarity magnetic field that harbors energy for strong X-class solar flares. The appearance of this dangerous sunspot could herald two weeks of high solar activity as it transits the Earth-facing side of the sun. Full story @ <a href=\"https:\/\/Spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&amp;id=8f2c078e49&amp;e=de6f94dc30\">Spaceweather.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Don&#8217;t miss the next solar flare:<\/b> Subscribers to our <a href=\"https:\/\/Spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&amp;id=3686d533be&amp;e=de6f94dc30\">Space Weather Alert Service<\/a> receive instant text messages when strong solar flares are underway.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/Spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&amp;id=bc7f12b7d9&amp;e=de6f94dc30\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d\/images\/1ba00921-cbe0-e11d-ddcb-d0fecc8df715.jpg\" alt=\"[]\" width=\"520\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/Spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&amp;id=bc7f12b7d9&amp;e=de6f94dc30\">\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Above:<\/b> A white-light photo of sunspot group AR3112 is inset atop a magnetic map of the sun from NASA&#8217;s Solar Dynamics Observatory.<\/div>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space Weather News for Oct. 2, 2022 https:\/\/spaceweather.com https:\/\/www.spaceweatheralerts.com A BIG DANGEROUS SUNSPOT: One of the biggest sunspots in years has just rotated over the sun&#8217;s northeastern limb. AR3112 has a mixed-polarity magnetic field that harbors energy for strong X-class solar flares. 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