{"id":3446,"date":"2016-07-18T10:53:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T14:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=3446"},"modified":"2016-07-18T10:53:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T14:53:43","slug":"sunspots-and-aurora-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=3446","title":{"rendered":"Sunspots and Aurora Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Space Weather.com<\/a><\/p>\n

AURORA WATCH: <\/strong><\/span>A solar wind stream is expected to hit Earth late on July 19th<\/strong>, and this could spark G1-class<\/a> geomagnetic storms around the poles. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras, especially in the southern hemisphere where dark winter skies favour visibility of faint lights. [aurora gallery<\/a>]<\/p>\n

BIG SUNSPOTS: <\/strong><\/span>Solar activity has been low for months.\u00a0This could soon change. Two big sunspot groups are directly facing Earth, and one of them has an unstable magnetic field that poses a threat for M-class<\/a> solar flares.\u00a0Bill Hrudey photographed the active regions on July 16th from Cayman islands:<\/p>\n

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“Sunspots AR2567 & AR2565 are great imaging targets surrounded by many granules,” says Hrudey.<\/p>\n

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As if granules weren’t big enough, the primary dark cores of these sunspots are twice as wide as the entire Earth. Great targets indeed. If you have a solar telescope<\/a>, take a look.<\/p>\n