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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

Heliophysicist (Sun Scientist) โ€ข Space weather, solar activity, heliophysics missions, eclipses, aurora & more โ€ข Work for NASA โ€ข Tweets my own โ€ข he/him/his ๐ŸŒž๐Ÿ’ฅ

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๐ŸŒž ๐Ÿ“ฐ Sun news for April 17, 2024: Auroras today and more tomorrow

๐Ÿคฉ ๐Ÿ’ฅ Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) arrived, creating conditions for auroral displays.

๐Ÿ’ฅ ๐Ÿซฃ A couple of fiery filament eruptions were observed during the period.

๐Ÿง MORE at EarthSky: bit.ly/sunactivity

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๐ŸŒž ๐Ÿ“ฐ Sun news for April 16, 2024: Solar activity continues to rise

๐Ÿ˜ฎ ๐Ÿซฃ For a while, it seemed like the sun was asleep. After the past week, that appears to have passed.

๐Ÿคฉ The sun has been moderately active for several days.

๐Ÿง MORE at EarthSky: bit.ly/sunactivity

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๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒ‘๐ŸŒŽ What an day it was! It was an out-of-body experience, so itโ€™s great to have a way to remember what happenedโ€ฆ

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๐ŸŒž ๐Ÿ“ฐ Sun news for April 15, 2024: Solar activity surge? high number of sunspot regions and filaments

๐ŸŒถ๏ธ ๐Ÿซ‘ ๐ŸŒž The sun is peppered with sunspot groups, and filaments line the disk, poking out into space as prominences.

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๐ŸŒž ๐Ÿ“ฐ Sun news for Apr 14, 2024: Moderate flare and failed filament eruption

๐Ÿค” The east side of the sun continues to be the primary focus of activity. Thanks to an M4.3 flare from AR3637, overall levels are moderate.

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๐ŸŒž ๐Ÿ“ฐSun news for April 13, 2024: An M2.4 flare brings activity to moderate

๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿ˜ฎSun activity is back to moderate levels with the production of an isolated M2.4 flare from an incoming as-yet-unnumbered active region in the southeast.

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๐ŸŒž๐Ÿ“ฐ Sun news Apr 12, 2024: M5.5 flare from over the limb

๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ‘A new active region just out of sight over the NE lim brings activity to a high with an M5.5 flare. The NE and SE look active, with arching, prominences, flares, and jets.

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๐ŸŒž ๐Ÿ“ฐ Sun news for April 11, 2024: Flaring continues to increase

๐Ÿคฉ The sun activity showed a notable increase in flare production.

๐Ÿค” ๐Ÿ˜ฑ ๐Ÿ‘ The long-lasting prominence we saw during the eclipse in the southeast is still there.

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๐ŸŒž ๐Ÿ“ฐ Sun news for April 9, 2024: Sun activity picking up

๐Ÿ‘ It appears that sun activity is starting to pick up. Today's story includes more C flares, increased flare production, and a gorgeous prominence on the southeast limb.

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Wow! Look at all that structure. Now that is a solar maximum eclipse! ๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒ‘๐ŸŒŽ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

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๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒš๐ŸŒŽ The eclipse has ended 20:52 UTC/4:52 EDT๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿฅณ More at bit.ly/2024TSE

๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒš๐ŸŒŽ The eclipse has ended 20:52 UTC/4:52 EDT๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿฅณ More at bit.ly/2024TSE
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