The flash of the penultimate power class was recorded on the Sun

On the night of September 20, a flash of the penultimate power class was recorded in the Sun. This was reported on the official website of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Institute of Applied Geophysics" (FSBI "IPG").

"On September 20, at 00:41 Moscow time, an M1.5 flare was detected in the X—ray range in the group of spots 4216 (N07W25)," the material says.

It is known that the outbreak lasted 38 minutes.

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Earlier, an outbreak of the penultimate power class M1.2 occurred in the Sun on the night of September 7. Its duration was 10 minutes.

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