Solar Eclipse w/Sunspot AR2192 pics

QUOTE: However, it appears that yesterday’s flare did not launch a CME. In fact, none of the dozens of flares (all of lesser energies than yesterday’s event) AR2192 has produced have generated a CME, which is interesting. [!!!!!!!!!!]

PHOTOS: The Psychedelic Anatomy of a Solar Flare
Although CMEs and flares are thought to be triggered by a
common phenomenon (magnetic reconnection in the lower corona), they are not necessarily triggered at the same time. A flare may occur without a CME and vice versa. But for an active region not to generate any significant CMEs, and yet still generate a large number of flares, is rare.
Needless to say, space weather forecasters will be studying
this large sunspot — the largest sunspot seen on the sun for 24 years —
until it rotates out of view to understand what is going on. [link to news.discovery.com]

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Last Edited by Digital mix guy Spock on 10/26/2014 09:08 AM