M3:43 Flare in the early AM UTC hours of 6-13-22. AR13032

[DeepSolar64]

Around 3:30 UTC I started getting SpaceWeatherLive alerts concerning an M-class flare occurring in the big region of the now triple numbered AR13030, AR13032, AR13033 complex in the NE quadrant of the Sun. Centering on AR13032 but spreading to all three active regions is a huge long lasting flare or series of flares with the peak being a moderate M3.43. I can only imagine a huge series of huge lightning bolts flashing back and forth repeatedly for many Earth diameters across these active regions from spot to spot. I hope some of our Asian and Australian members caught them in their scopes and cameras.

Here's the GONG, SWL and SDO data.

SWLalert_M3.43Flare_6-13-22_04.27UTC.JPG (20.79 KiB) Viewed 184 times

Slo-Blo M-class flare_AM_6-13-22.JPG (86.59 KiB) Viewed 184 times

GONGLearmonthAUS_MclassF_6-13-22.jpg (486.41 KiB) Viewed 184 times

latest_2048_0304_Mflare.jpg (909.16 KiB) Viewed 184 times

SDOAIA304_6-13-22_03.58UT_M3.26F.JPG (195.91 KiB) Viewed 184 times

SDOAIA1600_MFlare_6-13-22_03.41UT.JPG (151 KiB) Viewed 184 times

saia_00193_fd_20220613_032504.png (1.06 MiB) Viewed 184 times

[rigel123]

Just watched the sequence on the Learmonth Gong images and that was quite the eruption!

[Montana]

Wow!! that is quite a cracker

Alexandra

[DeepSolar64]

I’ll have to check out the GONG Learmonth animation!

[marktownley]

Thanks for the report JAmes, my phone was buzzing with these alerts.

[DeepSolar64]

I bet it would have looked great in a scope. It was big! But it was nighttime here and GONG and SDO imagery was the only way to see it.