Zou wel leuk zijn. Hier nog wat info van spaceweather.com:
Something's coming. Witness this photo taken by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) on February 5th. Magnetic loops of hot-glowing gas surging above the sun's eastern limb are a telltale sign of sunspots just around the bend. Are they big ones? We'll find out in the days ahead as the sun's rotation turns them toward Earth.
The mystery 'spot could be an old friend: giant sunspot 720. Last month, while it was facing Earth, sunspot 720 unleashed five X-class solar flares. One of those blasts sparked bright auroras over Europe and an intense proton storm on the Moon.
Since then the sunspot has been crossing the far side of the sun--hence the recent quiet. If sunspot 720 still exists, it should peek over the sun's eastern limb on February 6th or 7th.
Something's coming. Witness this photo taken by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) on February 5th. Magnetic loops of hot-glowing gas surging above the sun's eastern limb are a telltale sign of sunspots just around the bend. Are they big ones? We'll find out in the days ahead as the sun's rotation turns them toward Earth.
The mystery 'spot could be an old friend: giant sunspot 720. Last month, while it was facing Earth, sunspot 720 unleashed five X-class solar flares. One of those blasts sparked bright auroras over Europe and an intense proton storm on the Moon.
Since then the sunspot has been crossing the far side of the sun--hence the recent quiet. If sunspot 720 still exists, it should peek over the sun's eastern limb on February 6th or 7th.
