CME IMPACT SPARKS AURORAS: Arriving earlier than expected, a CME struck Earth's magnetic field on Jan. 17th around 2200 UT. Its arrival was signaled by an abrupt shift in the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) near Earth. The impact sparked a brief outburst of Arctic auroras, which has since subsided. https://www.spaceweather.com/images2023/14jan23/two_cmes.gif

Solar wind
speed: 367.7 km/sec
density: 2.45 protons/cm3
Updated: Today at 0247 UT

X-ray Solar Flares
6-hr max: M1 1012 UT Jan19
24-hr: M1 1012 UT Jan19
Updated: Today at: 1450 UT

CHANCE OF FLARES: NOAA forecasters say there is a 60% chance of M-class solar flares and a 15% chance of X-flares today. The most likely source is giant sunspot AR3190, which is directly facing Earth.

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Solar wind
speed: 392.7 km/sec
density: 1.37 protons/cm3
Updated: Today at 0217 UT

X-ray Solar Flares
6-hr max: C5 1407 UT Jan20
24-hr: C6 0152 UT Jan20
Updated: Today at: 1420 UT

CHANCE OF FLARES: NOAA forecasters say there is a 60% chance of M-class solar flares and a 15% chance of X-flares today. The most likely source is giant sunspot AR3190, which is directly facing Earth.

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Solar wind
speed: 513.3 km/sec
density: 10.83 protons/cm3
Updated: Today at 0221 UT

X-ray Solar Flares
6-hr max: C6 0959 UT Jan23
24-hr: M1 1702 UT Jan22
Updated: Today at: 1425 UT

CHANCE OF FLARES TODAY: NOAA forecasters say there is a 55% chance of M-class solar flares and a 10% chance of X-flares today, Jan. 23rd. The most likely flare-sites are sunspots AR3190 and AR3194, which have unstable 'delta-class' magnetic fields.

Extremely Close Flyby: New Asteroid 2023 BU Approaches Earth An asteroid, 2023 BU, will make a close flyby to Earth this Thursday, January 26th. The asteroid, measuring 5 meters wide, will pass by at a distance of 3500 km above South America and will not pose any threat of collision. The event will be live-streamed by Europe's Virtual Telescope Project at 21:17 UTC (16:17 EST).

https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/2023/01/23/near-earth-asteroid-2023-bu-extremely-close-encounter-online-observation-26-jan-2023/

Solar wind
speed: 435.1 km/sec
density: 1.85 protons/cm3
Updated: Today at 0346 UT

X-ray Solar Flares
6-hr max: C9 1435 UT Jan24
24-hr: C9 1435 UT Jan24
Updated: Today at: 1550 UT

Solar wind
speed: 383.2 km/sec
density: 2.06 protons/cm3
Updated: Today at 0251 UT

X-ray Solar Flares
6-hr max: M4 1011 UT Jan25
24-hr: M4 1011 UT Jan25
Updated: Today at: 1455 UT

https://youtu.be/JOmoBlGuTBY

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