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| The Sun has recorded a high-class X-ray flare |
| 2024-10-25 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] A flare of the highest X class was registered on the Sun for the first time since October 9, the press service of the Institute of Applied Geophysics (IPG) reports. “On October 24 at 06:57 Moscow time, an X3.3 flare lasting 44 minutes was recorded in the X-ray range in the sunspot group 3869 (S16E76),” the report says. After the flare, according to IPG monitoring, the level of influence of solar X-ray bursts on the Earth's ionosphere reached the R3 level - "strong". The highest level on this scale is R5, "extreme". The flare was observed on the eastern edge of the Sun, and at 06:57 Moscow time it reached its maximum power, the press service of the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences clarified. "Based on measurements of X-ray fluxes, the event's magnitude is X3.3. This is the 11th most powerful event since the beginning of the 25th cycle, that is, since about 2018," the report says. Experts noted that the explosion indicates the return from the far side of the Sun of the sunspot group 3842, which last time, passing across the disk, caused the largest flare of the current cycle at the X9.0 level. This occurred on October 3. The large mass ejection that accompanied the flare will not affect Earth. The center of the flare will move into the zone of influence on the planet next weekend. By that time, it will be possible to assess the risks associated with the event, the scientists explained. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on October 9, a powerful X1.9 flare was recorded on the Sun, after which a G4 magnetic storm was observed on Earth. |
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