Record-breaking flare erupts from neighboring star

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Record-breaking flare erupts from neighboring star

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From CNN:
"(CNN) - A giant flare that is 100 times more powerful than any flare our sun has ever released has erupted from a nearby star, a new study says."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/21/world/pr ... index.html

I apologize if this is actually old news - CNN articles never show their original date, only "updated on xxx."

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Re: Record-breaking flare erupts from neighboring star

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Yup. It's hard to get ahead of nFA.
See viewtopic.php?p=148261#p148261
* Meade 323 refractor on a manual equatorial mount.
* Celestron C6 SCT on a Twilight 1 Alt-Az mount
Prof. Barnhardt to Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still: "There are several thousand questions I'd like to ask you.”
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Re: Record-breaking flare erupts from neighboring star

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Here's another article from Space.com:
"Proxima Centauri shoots out humongous flare, with big implications for alien life"

https://www.space.com/proxima-centauri- ... flare.html

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