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2022 April 14

Solar activity increases

Active Sun in March/April 2022. Click to see all of the flares observed by XRT during this time period.
Or click here for the youtube version.


Solar Activity Picks Up!

Solar Cycle 25 is really starting to come alive! At this point, the cycle has exceeded predictions and is more active than was predicted. March 2022 marked by far the most active month we have seen so far in this solar cycle with almost 150 flares recorded. XRT caught many of these flares during this period, including some high energy ones. The above images show what the many active regions on disk looked like from XRT. Click the Sun to watch a video of all of the flares that XRT observed during this time period!


Keywords: Solar Cycle, Full Disk
Filters: Be_Med


(Prepared by Lucas Guliano)

The XRT instrument team is comprised of SAO, NASA, JAXA, and NAOJ.

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