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M-class activity from sunspot region 2290, coronal holes

Yesterday was forecast to be a calm day on our star, no significant solar flares were expected. Sunspot region 2290 however decided it wasn't in agreement with that forecast and erupted with four M-class solar flares, the strongest of those solar flares was an M8.2 solar flare that peaked today at 01:35 UTC.

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