Sunspots of Interest
The sunspot number is rising as a pair of new active regions emerges over
the sun's eastern limb. Click to view a 48 hour movie from NASA's Solar
Dynamics Observatory [you may have to go to the web page to do this]:
Three of the six sunspot groups now facing Earth have 'beta-gamma' magnetic
fields that harbor energy for
M-class
solar flares. Of particular interest is AR2222 (circled). Having tripled in
size since it appeared two days ago, it seems more likely to erupt than any of
the others. NOAA forecasters estimate a 30% chance of M-flares on Nov. 28th.
From spaceweather.com
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