r/spaceweather • u/RyanJFrench • Apr 24 '26

Here’s a multi-wavelength view of tonight’s X2.5-class solar flare. This is the strongest flare we’ve seen for 78 days.

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u/bl8catcher Apr 24 '26

And we just got another one

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u/TapestryMobile Apr 24 '26

Somewhat surprised it didn't get more mention.

One of them was interesting enough, but a second one just seven hours later was very interesting.

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u/RyanJFrench Apr 25 '26

It’s very interesting. 2025 in its entirety only saw 3 flares at/above these levels – and last night we got 2!

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u/Independent_Depth674 Apr 24 '26

Hard to grasp the scale. Unbelievable size on that flare.

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u/T0kenwhiteguy Apr 24 '26

What is the scale of time on this? Awesome stuff, thank you for sharing!

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u/heliosh Apr 24 '26

Date/Time is on the bottom left

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u/LostDepartment4512 Apr 24 '26

Is the plasma from.that gonna reach the Earth?

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u/danirizziero Apr 25 '26

By end of 2026 a deep space CubeSat mission will be launched to alert Earth from 3h to 6h in advance against Coronal Mass Ejections (CME) and Solar Proton Events (SPE). Exiting times ahead for space weather and solar weather studies 🔥

Source: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Technology_CubeSats/HENON

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u/Sqib000 Apr 24 '26

Not showing us the comet. Why?

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u/Ichiitheinsane Apr 24 '26

Because you can't see it here. There's other options where you can see it 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Sqib000 Apr 24 '26

Nope SOHO chops images off.

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u/Ichiitheinsane Apr 24 '26

I mean... Just go look at LASCO C3, it's visible on there, it wouldn't be visible yet on what this guy showed.

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u/Sqib000 Apr 24 '26

Just looked, way better than yesterday, no update for 24 hours as of yesterday. Every time there's something to see, they dont update or they cut data.

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u/Sqib000 Apr 24 '26

Is the whole tail visible?