☀️ 24 hours of magnetic flux emergence around active region 4455. Spots of opposite polarity are developing west⇢ of the main spot right into the adjacent coronal hole. As we would expect negative spots east⇠ of the large positive spot this region is called 'Anti-Hale'.
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Marko Rummelsburg
Strong M9.3 solar flare (R2 radio blackout) with strong microwave radio burst + type IV radio emission indicative of a decent CME (solar storm). A halo to the north is visible in coronagraphs, a front to southwest as well. We likely have a narrow but fast (≈ 1000 km/s) earth-directed CME here.
