August 29th, Snoozy Sol...

The above image was taken August 28th at 03:07:00 UTC by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA), at 304 Angstroms, aboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). This was the time of the B6-class solar flare produced by Active Region 1558 (AR 1558), on the east limb above the equator. Image Credit: SDO/AIA

For the end of August 27th and most of the 28th, the solar activity was very low. The largest solar flare of the period was a B6 flare, produced by Active Region 1558 (AR 1558) on August 28th at 03:07 UTC. A new region was designated, AR 1559, and no Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were observed. The forecast through the 31st: The solar activity level is expected to range from low to very low, with a slight chance for moderate activity.

At home, the geomagnetic field has been relatively quiet. The forecast through the 31st: The geomagnetic field is expected to be predominately quiet. Stay tuned...

To monitor solar flare activity minute by minute, visit the "Today's Space Weather" page of NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (www.swpc.noaa.gov/today.html).

To learn more about the sun and to stay current on solar activity, visit the mission home pages of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) (sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov), the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) (sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov), the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) (www.srl.caltech.edu/ACE), and the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) (stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov).

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