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Major X1.1 Limb Occulted Solar Flare | May 3rd, 2022

New Active Region AR13006 just unleashed a Major X1.1 Solar Flare at 13:31 UTC May 3rd. The new active region is yet to fully rotate onto the earth-facing side of the disk erupted in a spectacular eruption. The region will be assigned a new sunspot number later today. No CME is visible as yet but it will not have any earth bound component.


 

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