Sunspot AR1785 is pointed right at us.

[pscot]

In less than 24 hours, AR1785 has stretched and lengthened by more than 40,000 km. It is now more than 11 times as wide as Earth, which makes the active region an easy target for backyard solar telescopes.

One thing hasn't changed: the sprawling sunspot group has a 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field that harbors energy for strong solar flares. Moreover, the shape-shifting of AR1785 could lead to explosive instabilities in the sunspot's magnetic canopy. NOAA forecasters estimate a 55% chance of M-class solar flares and a 10% chance of X-flares during the next 24 hours

[NYC_SKP]

1. Shout Out to Sunspot AR1785!

(nt)

[pscot]

2. Damn right!

[longship]

3. It's perfectly capable of raising its own voice.

Hopefully not a coronal mass ejection.

No fun in those unless it results on only aurora. Sometimes not. Some day global disaster.

[NYC_SKP]

5. I used to have those mass ejections.

They stopped at around age 15.

[longship]

6. Oh dear!! Too much information. Too bad the DUzys are on hold again.

[nilram]

9. And a Shout for Pluto, too! Don't forget Pluto!!!

[byronius]

4. Should we panic yet?

Really, CME gives me nightmares. We're so unprepared. We should be off-planet by now and spread out, but we're just SO DAMNED SLOW.

[starroute]

8. Have an aurora picture and try to relax

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

7. The video doesn't play for me. Is there a link?

Isn't this what took out power a few years back?

[pscot]

10. Go to spaceweather.com

They have new information up.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

11. Thanks, July 10th appears to be the day...

Nice picture of events in Southern Hemisphere.