Category: Solar Activity

April 29, 2015 - Solar update, today's top headlines

4/29/2015

Good morning. Here is an updated look at the visible solar disk on Wednesday, along with a look at a large northern hemisphere coronal hole. Solar activity is currently at very low levels. Region 2327 is now turning onto the west limb and will soon be out of direct Earth view. To avoid going spotless, the visible disk is left with a very small sunspot located in the southeast quadrant that may be assigned a number later today. Just for the record, the last time the visible disk went spotless was in July 2014. There is currently little chance for a noteworthy Earth facing solar flare today. As mentioned in a previous update, the coronal mass ejection (CME) observed on Tuesday following a large filament eruption in the northeast quadrant was directed well off the Sun-Earth line. A few other faint ejections were detected during the past 24 hours but also appear to be non threatening.