Solar Alert - Significant Flare Detected

Click to see a larger GIF image that I created using frames from the SDO data feed.

There was just an M4.4 off the side of the sun from a region still not Earth-facing.

(Use the iSWA Dashboard to view the data taken
by the Solar Dynamic Observatory and other instruments.)

Here is the event data

Event # EName Start Stop Peak GOES Class Derived Position
20 gev_20201129_1234 2020/11/29 12:34:00 13:41:00 13:11:00 M4.4 S23E89

Observe how the filament tears away before the eruption.

As seen in AIA 121 the plasma skips across the Suns surface.

Click to see a GIF I created using frames from the data feeds.

( Use the iSWA Dashboard to view the data
taken by the Solar Dynamic Observatory and other instruments.)

This could be an exciting week for solar activity.