Were some brought in on phase 2 early, cause…?>>18231252
Indeed, universally, in fact.
Sun activity January 26: AR3192 leaves with a double bang
Today’s top news: Those two active sunspot regions we’ve been following – giant sunspot AR3190 and its buddy AR3192 – both have now rotated out of view. Giant AR3190 went out with a bang yesterday morning. And AR3192 followed suit late yesterday, with two M flares over several hours. So, sun activity is now considered moderate, but will likely head back to low, now that these two large active regions are gone. There are several possible new regions, seemingly peeking up over the east rim of the sun. They should come into view over the next few days, if they survive. But it’s the sun, our volatile local star! And it can and does surprise us. We’ll be watching.
Last 24 hours: Sun activity is moderate, with two M flares yesterday from AR3192. The first one (an M1.3 flare) happened at 17:01 UTC, and the second one (an M2.0) happened at 22:35 UTC, both on January 25, 2023. The two M flares produced R1 (minor) radio blackouts over the South Atlantic Ocean and South America respectively. There were nine flares total, two M and five C. Most came from AR3192. The sun has nine labeled sunspot regions today.
https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-solar-flare-cme-aurora-updates/
It's that time.