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Some coronal holes are always observable on the sun. Displays of the aurora therefore might be seen regularly from high latitudes.
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« on: 25 August 2006, 08:07:29 GMT »
while checking spaceweather.com site noticed LARGE appearing flare near spot 905  -  also hydrogen image
seems to have some nice swirles reaching out some distance
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« Reply #1 on: 25 August 2006, 12:51:50 GMT »
According to spaceweather.com, the largest flare during the past 24 hours was only a B2. I think what you may be seeing is the filament that is near the sunspot. Here's an H-Alpha image that may help you see what I am talking about:

http://www.spacew.com/sunnow/index.php
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