Night owls may want to check the northern sky early this week.
A strong (G3) class geomagnetic storm is sending multiple energy waves toward Earth this week. The inbound coronal mass ejections may excite gasses high in Earth’s magnetosphere, and produce auroras the next two nights. (loop above)
Spaceweather.com elaborates on the active, earth-facing sunspot region.
Sunspot complex AR3765-67 is crackling with strong flares–and they’re getting stronger. An impulsive X1.5 flare this morning at 0237 UT caused a deep shortwave radio blackout over Japan, southeast Asia and Australia (map). More X-flares are in the offing as the sunspot complex turns directly toward Earth later today.
Sunspot complex AR3765-67.
NASA via spaceweather.com
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