[Skywise]

(02-25-2014, 01:58 PM)Island Chris Wrote: There has been an X4 (X3 to X5) solar flare: this is the largest I have noticed in a long time. The 3 day solar-geophysical forecast has not yet been updated since this flare, so don't know if there is a coronal mass ejection directed at earth: could be some magnetic storms and auroras coming up.
Chris

The flare was on the limb of the Sun, so if it made a CME, it's very unlikely to affect the Earth.

Although when you start getting into xray flashes that bright, that alone starts affecting the earth.

Are you familiar with the Carrington Event?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859

Brian