X2.1 class solar flare on March 11, 2015

Sunspot AR2297 erupted on March 7th, producing a powerful M9 class solar flare. All week long, the sunspot has been crackling with solar flares. On March 11th at 16:22 UT, it has produced an X-2.1 class flare!

Report from spaceweathercom: “A coronal mass ejection (CME) was propelled into space by the explosion. However, we do not yet know if it will hit Earth. A glancing blow is possible on March 13th or 14th. Confirmation awaits the belated arrival of coronagraph data from SOHO.”

March 7
M9.2 - Flare began at: 2145 peaked at: 2222 ended at: 2258 2.3E-01

March 11
X2.1 - Flare began at: 1611 peaked at: 1622 ended at: 1629 1.2E-01

“The GOES 12 through 15 spacecraft each carry a sophisticated Solar X-ray Imager to monitor the Sun’s X-rays for the early detection of solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and other phenomena that impact the geospace environment.”

SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL EVENT REPORTS

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SOHO (ESA & NASA)