X1.0 Solar Flare and Coronal Mass Ejection (11/19/2013)

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Published on Nov 19, 2013

A major solar flare measuring X1.0 was observed around sunspot 1893 at 10:26 UTC Tuesday morning. A type II radio emission with a velocity of 1049 km/s was associated with this event. A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) became visible in the latest STEREO Ahead COR2 imagery. Because the sunspot is turning away from Earth, the explosion is not expected to be fully directed towards our planet.