Astronomers took a closer look and found that the sunspot is shaped like a heart.
The big sunspot AR2529 is now directly facing Earth, giving solar astronomers a clear view of the behemoth active region.
The primary dark core is several times wider than our entire planet. You have to love a sunspot with those kind of dimensions.
http://spaceweather.com/
G1-MINOR GEOMAGNETIC STORM CONDITIONS OBSERVED
The increase in activity is likely the result of an expected
co-rotating interaction region that normally precedes a coronal
hole high speed stream. Conditions are expected to persist for the next several hours. http://tinyurl.com/hw3rekc
Last night the sky exploded into many colors around the Arctic Circle. http://spaceweather.com/
WARNING: Geomagnetic K-Index of 6 expected
http://www.solarham.net/
Solar Wind Speed: 627 km/sec
Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 7 nT, Bz -3 nT
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
These images were taken by the Helioviewer.org, Karzaman Ahmad (Langkawi National Observatory), SDO & NOAA/SWPC. http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
http://helioviewer.org/
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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