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Active Region 2712 Enters Earth Strike Zone

Northern Lights Now – Active Region 2712 produced a beautiful B class flare On May 24 as it rotated into view in the northern hemisphere of the Sun. The region held together and grown slightly and has now produced a C-class flare that measured C2.77. Today the region has started to develop some mixed magnetic fields and shows potential to produce more C-class flares. It is now in the Earth strike zone.

AR2712 produced this flare on the East limb as it was rotating into view.
AR2712 produced this flare on the East limb as it was rotating into view.

Keep an eye on this region over the next several days. If it generates an eruptive flare and a CME it could impact Earth’s space weather later this week. Here’s a time lapse of the region show in SDO’s HMI colorized magnetogram.

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