Space Weather Update: M5.7 solar flare from sunspot region 3004

Sunspot region 3004 has really developed over the past 24 hours into a very nice sunspot region with a complex Beta-Gamma-Delta magnetic layout.

This sunspot region is currently in a prime earth-facing position which gives us high hopes! This morning at 08:59 UTC it showed some potential as it produced an M5.7 (R2-moderate) solar flare. Not bad! The solar flare however was rather impulsive and it does not look like a coronal mass ejection was launched based on the most recent coronagraph imagery. We do however advice to keep an eye on this sunspot region as more solar flares (even low X-class) are possible considering this region’s complex magnetic layout.

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