Sunspot 798 unleashed on a strong X17 flare on Wedndesday, September 7th @ 1740z.

This region is continuing to be very active so that more strong flares are possible. This might mean another week of bad / unstable propagation.

Comes very unhandy for the WAE contest this weekend.

Sunspot 798 as seen today

All pictures (c) Spaceweather.com

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