Looks like we dodged a bullet ... !

[Steve Ward]

I'd loved to have seen it though ... 😲

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/region-3664-not-done-yet-produces-x87-flarelargest-solar-cycle

Edited May 14 by Steve Ward

[paul mc c]

But look at the show we'd have got..

[Steve Ward]

Just now, paul mc c said:

But look at the show we'd have got..

Possibly , but there'd likely have been no internet or social media to share it on ... 😂

This latest flare was outside the zone required to affect us though so no fireworks from it here .

[Hals]

This solar cycle is turning out to be one for the history books.

See if AR3664 returns on the opposite limb in around 12 days.

You can track it's progress here https://www.raben.com/maps/

Edited May 14 by Hals
Info provided

[Alan White]

Yep, we were lucky.
The bonus was the amazing show I could see so far South.

[niallk]

22 hours ago, Hals said:

This solar cycle is turning out to be one for the history books.

See if AR3664 returns on the opposite limb in around 12 days.

You can track it's progress here https://www.raben.com/maps/

Great link - thanks 👍👍

[Oscar23]

Does anyone remember off-hand what strength the Carrington Event flare was estimated at? I believe the one that knocked out Quebec's power in '89 was an X15.

[Steve Ward]

On 24/05/2024 at 21:21, Oscar23 said:

Does anyone remember off-hand what strength the Carrington Event flare was estimated at? I believe the one that knocked out Quebec's power in '89 was an X15.

Between X-40 and X-45.

[Oscar23]

Cheers! I looked around everywhere but couldn't find it, only an off-hand mention that the strength had been calculated or approximated. That's a big'un. If I recall correctly, most or all of the (scarce) electrical lines of the time were destroyed, junction boxes and such going up in smoke, telegraph equipment damaged with operators able to send messages without energising because the lines were already sufficiently energised by the induced current. Makes you wonder what would happen if we got hit by something like that now.