Sunspot AR3089 and X-class solar flares

[ATCclears]

Odds of a problem are low, but X-class solar flares are the largest. Key question would be if the solar flare is thrown does its path intercept the Earth and what region of Earth...

Huge Sunspot Pointed Straight at Earth Has Developed a Delta Magnetic Field

Sunspot AR3089, which is pointed at the Earth, may be about to eject a powerful X-class solar flare.

www.newsweek.com

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[EHJ]

Odds of a problem are low, but X-class solar flares are the largest. Key question would be if the solar flare is thrown does its path intercept the Earth and what region of Earth...

Huge Sunspot Pointed Straight at Earth Has Developed a Delta Magnetic Field

Sunspot AR3089, which is pointed at the Earth, may be about to eject a powerful X-class solar flare.

www.newsweek.com

On the bright side... (lol, pun intended...)
An angry ionosphere makes for some awesome Ham Radio DX'ing.
Snagging some of the farthest contacts reliably lately than I have in the last 4 years with FT8.

 

[dplev4]

Yep. Read about this earlier. I'm on Starlink, and last flare earlier in the year took out six Starlink satellites, causing a service disruption. Our grid is more fragile than one would expect. And likely will stay that way, until something forces a change.