Here are today’s solar images taken from Al Sadeem Observatory, July 15, 2018.
The sky was clear with light air turbulence making the seeing and transparency good at the time these images were taken.
The spotless active region SIDC Catania sunspot group 89 produced a minor B-class solar flare over the past 24 hours. The latest sunspot number (based on visual count and Wolf number calculation) is 0. Its associated plages, as well as few eruptive prominences were distinctively captured in H-alpha imagery.
Space weather agencies* forecast solar activity to remain at very low levels with chances of weak X-ray fluxes or flares ranging up to B-class (possibly up to isolated C-class) intensity. The extent of the frequency and intensity of the Sun’s activity will highly depend on the magnetic flux fluctuations happening in the visible ARs in the coming days. Close monitoring is being conducted by numerous space weather agencies for any significant development.
*Technical reports courtesy of Solar Influence Data Center (SIDC), NOAA-Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA-SWPC)