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Mousetoescamper

(5,349 posts)
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 01:26 PM Mar 2024

Want to see the sunspots that sparked today's severe geomagnetic storm?

I took the photo at 12:40 today. The large spotty area at center/right is sunspot AR3615; the spot above it and to the right is AR3614. The two sunspots exploded in tandem yesterday, directing an X-class solar flare at Earth which sparked today's severe geomagnetic storm. X-class flares can trigger planet-wide radio blackouts and long-lasting radiation storms.



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Want to see the sunspots that sparked today's severe geomagnetic storm? (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Mar 2024 OP
And off to the Greatest Page, my dear Mousetoescamper! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2024 #1
Thanks! A $30 glass filter helped in the production of this photo. Mousetoescamper Mar 2024 #3
Excellent pic! Is that a 16 stop ND filter or greater? Thanks nt TeamProg Mar 2024 #38
Thanks! I used a 16.5 stop ND filter. Posting today's sunspot pic soon. Mousetoescamper Mar 2024 #39
why can't i see them when i look at the sun? ret5hd Mar 2024 #2
But, mama, that's where the fun is! Mousetoescamper Mar 2024 #5
It was crazy. The photon drives modules are still not responding to the bridge. Scotty says he's a mechanic ... marble falls Mar 2024 #4
Is it any wonder that Klingons say the USS Enterprise is designed like a garbage scow? Mousetoescamper Mar 2024 #6
Crazy, again. The Enterprise is shaped exactly to fit the interior of a Klingon scow compartment. Did not know that. marble falls Mar 2024 #11
*throws first punch* Qutzupalotl Mar 2024 #15
Wow, this thread spun out of control real fast HAB911 Mar 2024 #7
That goofy smiley on the face of the sun strikes the funny bone in some Mousetoescamper Mar 2024 #9
OMG - now that I look at it again, I see it! calimary Mar 2024 #23
It's Sunday. We've cracked beers and lit dubies - I mean doobies. marble falls Mar 2024 #12
wow. can you grasp that one of those sunspots is bigger than the earth? AllaN01Bear Mar 2024 #8
And our sun is average sized among the known stars. Mousetoescamper Mar 2024 #10
So I imagine it was easier to find. marble falls Mar 2024 #13
Yes. That's why I did it at night. Riddle me this: Mousetoescamper Mar 2024 #16
both basically hydro-carbon? marble falls Mar 2024 #19
Calimary's answered the riddle, below. Mousetoescamper Mar 2024 #30
They both circle Uranus looking for Klingons! calimary Mar 2024 #25
I think we went to different schools together Mousetoescamper Mar 2024 #27
Undoubtedly! That's about when I heard it, too! calimary Mar 2024 #28
Hmmm... GiqueCee Mar 2024 #14
I thought I felt the Earth move under my feet and the sky tumbling down Mousetoescamper Mar 2024 #20
Kudos to Carol King! GiqueCee Mar 2024 #22
Wow! Grumpy Old Guy Mar 2024 #17
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Mar 2024 #24
I bought one for the last eclipse. Grumpy Old Guy Mar 2024 #40
Great photo and coincidentally.. surfered Mar 2024 #18
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Mar 2024 #29
Your photo was better 🙏 surfered Mar 2024 #32
That sure is a spotty sun! FirstLight Mar 2024 #21
Maybe it just started "that time of the month" on a celestial timeframe? calimary Mar 2024 #26
Doctor says it'll clear up with some tetracycline and Fostex Mousetoescamper Mar 2024 #31
AR3615 at the center right has 54 sunspots. LastDemocratInSC Mar 2024 #33
Interesting. I've seen the grouping designated as Sunspot AR3615 Mousetoescamper Mar 2024 #35
From KTLA Pluvious Mar 2024 #34
Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper Mar 2024 #36
The pic I took yesterday must have been right after the flareup William Seger Mar 2024 #37

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,301 posts)
1. And off to the Greatest Page, my dear Mousetoescamper!
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 01:36 PM
Mar 2024

This is a superb photo, one that I greatly admire!

Well done.

marble falls

(62,399 posts)
4. It was crazy. The photon drives modules are still not responding to the bridge. Scotty says he's a mechanic ...
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 01:50 PM
Mar 2024

... not a miracle maker, he won't be held responsible.

Mousetoescamper

(5,349 posts)
6. Is it any wonder that Klingons say the USS Enterprise is designed like a garbage scow?
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 02:05 PM
Mar 2024

Of course, they don't mean to say that the Enterprise should be hauling garbage, but that it should be hauled away as garbage.

marble falls

(62,399 posts)
11. Crazy, again. The Enterprise is shaped exactly to fit the interior of a Klingon scow compartment. Did not know that.
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 03:22 PM
Mar 2024

calimary

(84,496 posts)
23. OMG - now that I look at it again, I see it!
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 04:18 PM
Mar 2024

You're right. It IS a goofy smiley on the face of the sun. Kinda off-center. Maybe the sun had a sheepish rendezvous with a passing comet and got found out?

Mousetoescamper

(5,349 posts)
10. And our sun is average sized among the known stars.
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 03:21 PM
Mar 2024

I took a shot of Betelgeuse last night. It's about 700 times bigger than our sun.

Mousetoescamper

(5,349 posts)
24. Thanks!
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 04:19 PM
Mar 2024

Yes. I ordered it to use on April 8 and have been having fun with it since it arrived last Thursday.

calimary

(84,496 posts)
26. Maybe it just started "that time of the month" on a celestial timeframe?
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 04:21 PM
Mar 2024

But all joking aside, it IS a really remarkable photo.

LastDemocratInSC

(3,854 posts)
33. AR3615 at the center right has 54 sunspots.
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 07:13 PM
Mar 2024

All the other regions have from 2 to 5 spots. A literal hot mess!

Some communications disturbance is likely beginning anytime from late Sunday 24th to early Monday 25th EST.

Mousetoescamper

(5,349 posts)
35. Interesting. I've seen the grouping designated as Sunspot AR3615
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 10:07 PM
Mar 2024

I was hoping we might see an aurora here in South Central PA but it doesn't look likely tonight.

Mousetoescamper

(5,349 posts)
36. Thanks and you're welcome!
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 10:13 PM
Mar 2024

And thanks for the link as well. I was hoping we might see an aurora here in South Central PA, but it doesn't look likely tonight.

William Seger

(11,072 posts)
37. The pic I took yesterday must have been right after the flareup
Mon Mar 25, 2024, 12:36 AM
Mar 2024
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1036129000

I took some pics today, but they weren't very good because of scattered light clouds. However, I got good enough images to compare the spots to yesterday, and it occurred to me that I could use them to estimate the sun's rotational period. I took the pixel width of the sun along the line the spots traveled as a diameter to estimate a circumference. I then measured the pixel distance the spots traveled and added 1/365th of the circumference to account for the Earth's movement in its orbit, then divided that into the presumed circumference. I got about 27 days. I then looked up the actual answer, and it turns out that since the sun is a ball of gas, the gas at the equator rotates faster than the gas near the poles. At the equator, it's 25 days, tapering off to over 30 days near the poles. The big spots appear to be somewhat south of the equator (we're seeing more of the south pole this time of year), so I'm pretty happy with my estimate.
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