sunspot AR2665

BIG SUNSPOT FACES EARTH: Five days after it first appeared, AR2665 has finally rotated into geoeffective position. The huge sunspot is directly facing Earth. Click to view a movie of the sunspot's progression from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory:
AR2665 is by far the biggest sunspot of 2017, stretching more than 120,000 km from end to end.  Moreover, it has an unstable 'beta-gamma' magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class explosions. Any eruptions today would be squarely Earth-directed.
For the past 24 hours AR2665 has been strangely quiet--a sign of impotence? Or the calm before the storm? Amateur astronomers with solar telescopes are encouraged to monitor developments.

spaceweather.com

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