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AR3536 source of a X5 Flare, Paulo Cacella

AR3536 source of a X5 Flare

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The X5.0 solar flare from sunspot region 3536 is the strongest solar flare of the current Solar Cycle (at the time of writing) and it is the strongest solar flare since September 2017. The resulting coronal mass ejection is impressive but based on the latest LASCO imagery and the location of the eruption, unlikely to impact Earth. A shock driven enhancement is not impossible with eruptions like this but the eruption occurred too close to the limb to have any kind of significant impact at Earth.

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AR3536 source of a X5 Flare, Paulo Cacella