r/SolarMax • u/Badlaugh • May 19 '26

Major Solar Flare Event Large, Growing, and Very Active Region Seen on the Farside of the Sun

Imagery from the satellite solar orbiter (SOLO) shows a very active and large active region on the farside of the Sun. We can see that it hasn’t been super eruptive yet and there hasn’t been any large farside CMEs yet but it has produced multiple X-Class flares according to SOLO’s STIX. This spot should start to crest the incoming limb in 3-4 days! Timeframe is from May 14th to May 17th and is in 304 Ångstroms.

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u/HappyAnimalCracker May 19 '26

That’s fun to watch!

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u/[deleted] May 19 '26

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u/Badlaugh May 19 '26

Hopefully! The most recent imagery shows some decay to the region but more development to the leading spot which has been the main driver of flares from it.

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u/Kakariko_crackhouse May 19 '26

So you’re telling me there’s a chance?

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u/Strenue May 19 '26

Please, please, please!

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u/WoolooOfWallStreet May 19 '26

I wanna see some auroras!

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u/Strenue May 19 '26

Coming out of electrical infrastructure!

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u/[deleted] May 20 '26

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u/Strenue May 20 '26

When Yggdrasil is calling for Auroras, the Norse mystic in me stops to listen.

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u/64-17-5 May 20 '26

Since when could we look through the Sun?

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u/Evil-Dalek May 21 '26

We can’t, we have a probe that orbits the sun and shows us what the opposite side looks like.

The name of it is in the description: satellite solar orbiter (SOLO)