2024-08-16 07:36:07
Scientists registered five powerful solar flares on August 14, one of which was of the highest class X.
As reported by Day.Az with reference to TASS, this was reported by the Institute of Applied Geophysics (FGBU “IPG”). It is noted that the flash was accompanied by a disruption of HF radio communications.
“On August 14 at 09:40 (10:40 Baku time), an X1.1 flare lasting 58 minutes was recorded in the X-ray range in the sunspot group 3784 (N13E04),” the report says.
In addition, scientists registered flares of M1.3, M1.2, M4.2 and M4.4. The first occurred on August 14 at 01:45 (02:45).
Following the series of flares, the level of influence of solar X-ray bursts on the Earth’s ionosphere, according to space weather data, reached R3 (strong) on a scale of five, where the highest is R5 (extreme).
Solar flares are divided into five classes depending on the power of X-ray radiation: A, B, C, M and X. The minimum class A0.0 corresponds to a radiation power of 10 nanowatts per square meter in Earth orbit. When moving to the next letter, the power increases by 10 times. Flares are usually accompanied by emissions of solar plasma, clouds of which, reaching the Earth, can provoke magnetic storms.
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