M5.5 Solar Flare / Solar Watch Aug 18, 2012

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M5.5 SOLAR FLARE !
A new sunspot rotating the north eastern limb has unleashed four M-Class solar flares in the last 12 hours, the largest peaking to M5.5 at 1:07 UT this morning. This new region will be numbered once it rotates fully onto the earth facing side of the disk.