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vk3pa
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Australia
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Posted - 09 Mar 2006 : 05:33:13 AM
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A B2.1 long-duration flare has been registered in the NOAA AR 0856 (no Catania number) yesterday peaking at 15:15 UT. Coronal dimmings and post-eruption arcade observed by GOES-12/SXI evidence the eruption of a CME. There is no SOHO/LASCO data for this period due to spacecraft maneuvers, so we cannot establish the speed, angular width and direction of the CME. Given the position of the active region at W39, the arrival of the CME-associated disturbance is not very likely, although not excluded. So, a geomagnetic disturbance (probably not stronger than the minor storm level) may occur on March 10. The interplanetary magnetic field is currently weak (around 4 nT), so we do not expect any geomagnetic disturbances in the coming hours.
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