On March 13, a powerful solar flare was recorded on the Sun.
“Elchi” reports that this was announced by the Institute of Applied Geophysics (IPG).
The information specifies:
“On March 13, at 12:55, an M1.2 class flare, lasting 50 minutes, was recorded in the X-ray range in sunspot group 4384 (N10W69).”
Specialists from the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics emphasized that the last flare of this class occurred on February 25.
Solar flares are divided into five classes based on the power of X-ray radiation: A, B, C, M, and X. The minimum A0.0 class corresponds to a radiation power of 10 nanowatts per square meter in Earth’s orbit. With each subsequent letter, the power increases tenfold. Flares are usually accompanied by the ejection of solar plasma, and when these plasma clouds reach Earth, they can cause magnetic storms.