SOLAR ACTIVITY UPDATE: Monday Morning Blasts From AR 1401 and AR 1402 CMEs( Jan 16th, 2012)

SIGNIFICANT CME: Sunspot complex 14011402 erupted this morning, Jan. 16th at approximately 0400 UT, producing a C6class solar flare and a bright coronal mass ejection. SOHO recorded the expanding cloud: The CME is not heading toward Earth, at least not directly. It might deliver a glancing blow to Earth s magnetic field on Jan. 18th. Stay tuned for further analysis of the cloud s trajectory.