AR3559 time-lapse of the solar storms that have been causing radio blackouts and aurora this week.

Here is a timelapse video taken from my backyard in Batavia Ohio of the solar storms that have been causing radio blackouts and aurora this week. Clouds, poor conditions, and trees made this hard-won totaling 4 hours of footage and over 8 hours of work. We can see in the video Class-C ribbon flares and perhaps an M-Class flare.

The largest flare, an M5.1, was fired by AR3559 at 3:31 UTC on
January 23. A corresponding R2 (moderate) radio blackout occurred over Australia. (This was not captured in this video.)

Here’s a breakdown of all the M flares fired over January 21-22:

M1.1 by AR3559 at 19:24 on January 22 – R1 (minor) radio
blackout over the South Pacific Ocean.

M5.1 by AR3559 at 3:31 on January 23 – R2 (moderate) radio
blackout over Australia.

The Earth-facing solar disk currently has seven numbered
sunspot regions. I am using the common AR-number abbreviation used by SpaceWeather.com and others for brevity.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Видео AR3559 time-lapse of the solar storms that have been causing radio blackouts and aurora this week. канала Tim OConnor