X2.7 Solar Flare and Coronal Mass Ejection (5/5/2015) -

Good evening. Here is a video compilation by both the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and LASCO C2/C3 capturing an impulsive X2.7 solar flare / CME on Tuesday evening at 22:11 UTC around sunspot 2339. The flare was associated with a Type II Radio emission with an estimated velocity of 1163 km/s, along with a short duration 10cm radio burst (TenFlare) measuring 590 solar flux units (SFU). The coronal mass ejection (CME) generated by this event is directed to the northeast and away from our planet. Future po