A flare of moderate intensity has been recorded on the Sun, reported the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
An M1.7 event was observed in the main active region #4,566. It was followed by a series of lower C category flares.
"It slightly broke the general trend of solar activity moving towards zero, but still counts as an episode. In general, it is believed that the explosive energy on the sun has been extinguished, and now the process of disintegration of the sunspots is in full swing.
The report also states that active center #4566 is moving beyond the western edge of the Sun and its influence on Earth is almost reduced to zero. By the end of the week it will pass completely to the far side of the sun.
"Then, if nothing new ignites on the star, the flare graph will objectively drop to zero, since apart from that region there is nothing active on the star now. ".