Sunspot 1158

Hello everyone,

The current solar cycle continues to strengthen.  Check out the following video of the sunspot emerging to its current form over the last 5 days from YouTube user eqshannon:

Sunspot 1158 recently hurled a series of Coronal Mass Ejections (CME's) toward Earth yesterday that could spark auroras over the high northern latitudes during the next 24 hours.  The sunspot is now wider than Jupiter and the solar flares it has created are the strongest since December of 2006. 

To learn more about sunspots and the potential aurora visit http://www.spaceweather.com/

-The 5A's