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CME tomorrow, coronal hole faces Earth

While we are awaiting the arrival of a small coronal mass ejection (expected to arrive tomorrow) our automated alert system notified us of another very interesting solar feature: we have a coronal hole on the Sun and it faces Earth today.

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