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BIG SUNSPOT: Sunspot 375

Started by Whitters, Jun 09, 2003, 01:55:00

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On 2003-06-08 17:54, Whitters wrote:
Space Weather News for Saturday, June 7th
http://spaceweather.com

BIG SUNSPOT:  Sunspot 375 has grown impressively during the past 24 hours.
It now stretches nearly 10 Earth-diameters from side to side and has
developed a twisted "beta-gamma-delta" magnetic field, which poses a
threat for X-class solar flares.  Any explosions from its vicinity during
the next few days would likely be Earth-directed. This large spot is easy
to see, but never stare at the sun!  Use safe solar projection techniques
described at spaceweather.com.