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From: shatterbrain , [DNS_Address]
Subject: Monstrous Sunspot Emerging
URL: BIG SUNSPOT ALERT
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A big new sunspot (AR3590) is emerging from the farside of the sun. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory can see it rotating over the sun's northeastern limb. The sunspot's planet-sized dark cores are inset in this magnetic map of the sun's surface. Right now the sunspot is crackling with minor C-class solar flares. We don't yet know if it is capable of anything stronger. Because of the sunspot's location near the edge of the sun, its magnetic map is severely foreshortened. Potentially-explosive mashups of + and - magnetic polarities won't reveal themselves until the sunspot rotates more fully toward Earth. Meanwhile, take a look! This sunspot is so big you can see it using eclipse glasses with no magnification. Small telescopes with solar filters will reveal a very photogenic active region. |
47954
From: Maj. Disaster, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Monstrous Sunspot Emerging
| It's hardly "monstrous." Our cult-ure seriously overuses superlatives. |
47956
From: shatterbrain, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Monstrous Sunspot Emerging
URL: NOAA Warning - New Sunspot AR 3590 Could Be Trouble For Earth This Week!
| It's still in it's early stages...and most definitely bears watching. |
47957
From: georg, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Monstrous Sunspot Emerging
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it appears to be a big black hole in the sun ... what's eating Gilbert Grape? the sun is ... and his little brother too |
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From: shatterbrain, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Monstrous Sunspot Emerging
| This friggin giant black hole is about to unleash a solar shitstorm. More at the link. |
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From: Maj. Disaster, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Monstrous Sunspot Emerging
| Hardly. |
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47959
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Monstrous Sunspot Emerging
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