A near-class X flare has occurred on the Sun

Powerful flare, close to class X, occurred on the Sun. This was reported by the Institute of Applied Geophysics (FGBU "IPG") on February 6.

"February 06 at 14:04 Moscow time in the X-ray range in the group of spots 3981 (N05W16) registered flare M7.6", - stated on the site in the publication.

It is noted that its duration was 37 minutes.

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The day before, February 5, two flares penultimate class of power recorded on the Sun. The centers of solar activity will remain in the zone of direct influence on the Earth for at least 2-3 more days.

Before that, February 4, in the laboratory of solar astronomy of the Institute for Space Research (IKI RAS) reported that for two days on the Sun was recorded 40 flares, 13 of which - class M. Scientists noted that really strong explosions on the Sun was not detected, as the energy is still only wasted on a lot of small events.