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[Regnum] The most powerful in recent times The flare was recorded on the Sun for six years. This was reported on December 14on the website of the Phobos weather center.
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It is specified that a flare with intensity X2.8 was recorded on the Sun at about 20:00 Moscow time. This is the most powerful flare since the beginning of the year; the previous record-breaking flare in intensity was registered on February 17, its intensity was X2.2 points.
As noted at the Phobos weather center, the last time a flare of such strength on the Sun was observed six years ago, in 2017.
It is noted that before the powerful flare, two more were recorded, of medium intensity - M5.8 at 10:44 Moscow time and M2.3 at 16:48 Moscow time.
Phobos center experts warned that active events on the Sun of this kind are usually harbingers of a magnetic storm, the closest of which is expected on Saturday, December 16.
Earlier IA Regnum reported that at the end of November due to a strong solar flare in Moscow an aurora was observedcaused by a strong magnetic storm.
On November 6, residents of some Russian regions saw an aurora of an unusual red color in the sky. The phenomenon was observed in the Donbass, Crimea, Rostov and Omsk regions.
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