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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| A powerful X-magnitude flare occurred on the Sun |
| 2024-12-30 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] On the morning of December 29, a powerful X-point flare was recorded on the Sun. This was reported by the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. "A flare of the highest X value was registered on the Sun this morning. The event began at 10:08 Moscow time. The peak radiation was registered at 10:18. The explosive phase of the event lasted for about half an hour. The preliminary value of the event is X1.1," the laboratory's website said. It is specified that the increase in solar activity has been observed for about a week and during this period the number of solar flares has increased almost twofold, but they have only now reached their highest level. The laboratory added that the flare occurred in the area of ​​possible impact on the Earth and the mass of emissions from it with moderate magnetic storms could reach the Earth in the period from December 31 to January 1. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on December 8, two solar flares of the highest class X and M occurred. In total, eight flares were recorded on the Sun that day, most of them of the middle class C. In mid-November, scientists registered a powerful solar flare, in the M-class range but close to the highest class (X). Its duration was 31 minutes. On November 6, the Institute of Applied Geophysics reported that scientists had registered the second highest class X flare on the Sun since the beginning of the month. Its duration was 32 minutes. |
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