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The sun’s active sunspots—which are the cause of recent Northern Lights sightings in the U.S.—may erupt a few solar flares this weekend, and scientists recommend using solar eclipse glasses to see how the spots change over the next few days.
Although solar activity in the area the sunspots are located in—named Region 3796—has slowed down a bit, NOAA is hopeful solar flares will be released this weekend, since the region produced an R2 flare Wednesday morning, highlighting the spots’ “flare potential.” There were 12 different sunspot groups on Thursday that covered over 2 billion miles, which is more than 11 times the land area of Earth.Region 3796 is currently facing Earth, so sunspots should be visible with the proper equipment. NOAA recommends using solar eclipse glasses to look at the spots while the sun is still in the sky.
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