On the Sun the number of flashes grows: astronomers told when to wait for powerful magnetic storms

Astronomers already warned about the probable growth of solar activity in the fall. And this forecast is confirmed. Today on Earth the magnetic storm, already the third for September again storms. According to data of Laboratory of solar astronomy of Ika and ISZF, still on September 18 the magnetosphere of Earth came to the excited state, and the real magnetic storm — the G1 level (weak) began in the evening. However to morning of Tuesday, September 19, it reached moderate force — the G2 level on a 5-mark scale. By the way, in the night of September 19 Petersburgers observed the polar lights about midnight in Swan, on the bank of Finnish...