we deff dodged a bullet with AR2665

[xtreemchaos]

we deff dodged this from AR2665.

NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft, which has a partial view of the sun's farside, identified the source of the blast as active sunspot AR2665.

it gives me the willies.

charl.

[Alien 13]

It is scary...

Alan

[cuivenion]

I take it that flare wasn't in our direction. What would happen if it were?

[johnfosteruk]

49 minutes ago, cuivenion said:

I take it that flare wasn't in our direction. What would happen if it were?

No it wasn't. If it was, satellites could have issues which would affect coms, power grids could be effected and all sorts of other modern gadgetry in general. Thankfully big events in our direction have a reasonably low frequency and there are some early warning systems to help operators of said gadgetry prepare in advance.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Alan, me too mate, if it would of done it a few days before ,well it dosnt bear thinking about. charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Cuivenion, It was a X class cme, its the sorta thing what thay think could of killed the dinosaurs. charl.

[Alien 13]

I thought that the Sun was going through an inactive period, just goes to show we could be wiped out anytime 

Alan

[xtreemchaos]

somebody hasn't told the sun yet Alan, events like yesterday reminds us what a dynamic and powerfull sun we have and puts things in prospective , but mate theres no point worrying about it because theres nothing we could do if something like that hits us. the song " allways look on the bright side of life" comes to mind. charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks John, think the satilites would of been the lastthing on our minds mate, it would be more like " do you have any onions for this leg gravey" , charl.

[johnfosteruk]

 

5 minutes ago, xtreemchaos said:

it would be more like " do you have any onions for this leg gravey" , charl.

lol, I hadn't realised it was an X class! Thought it was an M like the one last week

[tooth_dr]

Wow. That's mad. Thanks for sharing Charl 

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Tooth dr, think mars is going to get it, nasa are worried about there satilites in orbit. it would be a good syfi script waiting to be wrote. charl.

[Alien 13]

I have often wondered about the effects of a very large CME, I do have a large stock of valves so could knock up a wireless for post strike information, unfortunately my soldering iron wouldn't work if there was no power. 

Alan

[Tyson M]

Wow, a stark reminder of our "sleeping giant's" fury. 

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Impressive blast! I have seen several X-class flares going of, with the AR involved facing us (or even slightly east of meridian, which means the earth gets the full blast. Yes, they can affect power grids, yes, satellites can be affected, but for us, shielded by the Earth's magnetic field, there is no risk whatsoever. All that happens is that aurorae may give off spectacular displays. Mankind has survived untold X-class flares in the couple of hundreds of thousands of years we have been around.

[xtreemchaos]

Alan, I still have a fire heated soldering iron, think it solders better than these electric ones. charl

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Tyson, yer makes you think mate, some crazy power there. charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Michael, thats a good mate, I wonder how much mass the sun losses from a event like that ?, its deff a amazing video . charl.

[Pete Presland]

Could be interesting when it returns. 

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Pete, that would be great if it makes it all the way round, sure was a exciting AR. hope you have clear . charl.