After Sunspot 822 was one of the big attractions the last weeks, the sun thought it could produce more entertainment.

Sunspot 826 which appeared two days ago as a very small spot grew significantly: As of today it is bigger than the rings of Saturn.

Yesterday it unleashed an M-class solar flare with some smaller C flares today… So we might get another weekend of interesting propagation…

Sunspot 826 in an animation showing its growth in size during the last two days, (c) 2005 Spaceweather.com

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