Solar Cycle 25, An energetic awakening of the SUN in the current solar cycle |
Solar Cycle 25, An energetic awakening of the SUN in the current solar cycle |
Feb 17 2022, 09:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 708 Joined: 1-April 08 From: Minnesota ! Member No.: 4081 |
As many UMSF members have likely noticed the current Solar Cycle (25) is off with a bang! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cycle_2...progression.png. SOHO observations https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/spaceweather/ coupled with daily comments in Space Weather https://spaceweather.com/ provide an excellent way to follow this activity.
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Jan 29 2024, 10:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 708 Joined: 1-April 08 From: Minnesota ! Member No.: 4081 |
It is raining protons! While not as massive as the barrage mentioned by Juramike early in this topic http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=6715), we are currently in the midst of a solar proton ‘storm’ https://spaceweather.com/images2024/29jan24/halocmeSOHO.gif courtesy of an eruption (flare) of a departing sunspot group AR3559 . Protons accelerated by the flare are now following the ‘Parker Spiral’ toward Earth and raining down on our atmosphere. The ‘Parker Spiral’ solar magnetic field effect is demonstrated here https://spaceweather.com/repeat_images/parkerspiral2.png.
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