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  1. Space Weather

    Our sun is a just a little more active this weekend. There have been five flares larger than M-level in the past 48 hours or so, compared to only one between 15 and 20 Feb.

    Flares and peak times are below in UT.

    M3.3 12h10 UT 21 Feb
    M1.4 14h30 UT 21 Feb
    M4.9 02h12 UT 23 Feb
    M1.0 09h56 UT 23 Feb
    M1.6 11h56 UT 23 Feb

    There are suggestions that we may see a second peak for "Solar Max" thanks to the sun's northern hemisphere being slower than the south in flipping its magnetic field.

    Read more via the link below.

    swling.com/blog/2025/02/a-seco

    #spaceweather
    #cycle25
    #solarmax

  2. Today's H-alpha #Sun in moderate seeing conditions at 17:10 UTC. There was a tremendous loop prominence on the Sun's southwest limb that persisted following a long-duration M5.5 and resulting CME about five hours earlier. Shows up beautifully in the SDO AIA 171Å image too.

    #SolarAstronomy #SolarMax #Cycle25