5 Jul
2009
5 Jul
'09
9:55 p.m.
After reading Jay's post, I'm now wondering if the bright spot Bob and I saw was a flare? White-light solar flares are pretty rare animals. I first noticed it in the PST, and was then surprised to see it plainly in my white-light solar scope using only Baader film. On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
This morning/early afternoon I saw at http://spaceweather.com/ is reporting on this. They state:
Sunspot 1024 is crackling with B- and C-class solar flares. The activity is so intense, astronomers can't seem to take a picture of the sunspot without catching a flare in action.