Re: [amsat-bb] BIG FLARE: The most powerful solar flare ever recorded

["Frank Grossman (WB2BXO)" <flgrossman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Peter...

H.F. seemed to be totally wiped out last Saturday, March 31 also.  Was this
part of the same event?

And keep up the great work on AO-40!

Frank
wb2bxo@amsat.org

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Guelzow <peter.guelzow@arcormail.de>
To: <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 5:06 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] BIG FLARE: The most powerful solar flare ever recorded


> BIG FLARE: The most powerful solar flare ever recorded --
> an X20-class event -- erupted near sunspot 9393 at 2150 UT on
> April 2nd. The event was even stronger than a well-known flare in
> March 1989 that led to the collapse of a power grid in Quebec. No
> such calamities are likely this time, however, because sunspot
> 9393 -the source of the explosion- is near the Sun's west limb; the
> bulk of the explosion was directed away from Earth. (Note:
> Monday's flare was initially classified as X17, but it was since been
> upgraded to X20.)
> The flux of 10 MeV solar protons surrounding our planet has soared
> to approximately 10,000 times normal. Such radiation levels pose
> no appreciable hazard to air travelers, astronauts or satellites. The
> ongoing radiation storm is a NOAA S2- to S3-category event.
>
> source: http://spaceweather.com/
>
> 73s Peter
>
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