Scientists have registered a new flare of the highest class X on the Sun for the first time since October 9.
As Day.Az reports with reference to TASS, on October 24 at 07:57 Baku time, an X3.3 flare lasting 44 minutes was detected in the X-ray range in the group of sunspots 3869 (S16E76).
According to IPG space weather monitoring, after the flare, the level of influence of solar X-ray bursts on the earth’s ionosphere reached R3 (strong) on a scale of five, with the highest being R5 (extreme).
Previously, it was reported about a powerful X1.9 flare that occurred on the Sun on October 9, the emission from which caused a G4 level magnetic storm on Earth.
Solar flares, depending on the power of X-ray radiation, are divided into five classes: A, B, C, M and X. The minimum class A0.0 corresponds to a radiation power in Earth’s orbit of 10 nanowatts per square meter. When moving to the next letter, the power increases 10 times. Flares are usually accompanied by emissions of solar plasma, clouds of which, reaching the Earth, can provoke magnetic storms.