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SPACEWEATHER: Growing Sunspot AR3664 Comparable to Carrington Event Sunspot of 1859

May8

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: MAY 9, 2024

THIS SUNSPOT IS HUGE: Sunspot AR3664 has grown so large, it is now rivals the great Carrington sunspot of 1859 in size and visual appearance. To illustrate their similarity, Carrington’s famous sketch (to scale) has been added to a NASA picture of today’s sun:

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SPACEWEATHER: Rolling Series of Solar Explosions

May8

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: MAY 8, 2024

EARTH-DIRECTED CME: A CME is coming. It was hurled into space earlier today by a roiling series of explosions in the magnetic canopy of giant sunspot AR3664.

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