Subj : Daily APOD Report
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From : Alan Ianson
Date : Fri Apr 01 2022 00:29:22

                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                    written by a professional astronomer.

                                2022 April 1

                          Leaning Tower, Active Sun
                 Image Credit & Copyright: Antonio Tartarini

   Explanation: The natural filter of a hazy atmosphere offered this
   recognizable architecture and sunset view on March 27. Dark against the
   solar disk, large sunspots in solar active regions 2975 and 2976 are
   wedged between the Duomo of Pisa and its famous Leaning Tower. Only one
   day later, Sun-staring spacecraft watched active region 2975 unleash a
   frenzy of solar flares along with two coronal mass ejections. The
   largest impacted the magnetosphere on March 31 triggering a geomagnetic
   storm and aurorae in high-latitude night skies. On March 30, active
   region 2975 erupted again with a powerful X-class solar flare that
   caused a temporary radio blackout on planet Earth.

                      Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend
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