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Carrington Event
	Drawing of the Carrington Event sunspot group
Coronal mass ejection
Travel time	17.5 hr (est.)
Geomagnetic storm
Initial onset	1 September 1859
Dissipated	2 September 1859
Peak Dst	−1200 nT (est.)
Impacts	Severe damage to telegraph stations
	Part of solar cycle 10

May 2024 solar storm
	Image of aurora
Associated solar active region
NOAA region no.	13664
Largest SXR flares	X8.7
G5 "Extreme" geomagnetic storm
	G-scale (NOAA/SWPC)
Initial onset	10 May 2024
Dissipated	13 May 2024
Peak Kp-index	9
Peak Ap-index	271
Peak Dst	−412 nT
	Part of solar cycle 25

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Associated solar active region
NOAA region no.	{{{noaa}}}
Carrington rotation no.	{{{rotation}}}
Heliographic latitude	{{{lat}}}
First observed	{{{ar-first-obs}}}
Last observed	{{{ar-last-obs}}}
Maximum area	{{{ar-area}}}
Sunspot class	{{{spot-class}}}
Magnetic class	{{{mag-class}}}
Largest SXR flares	{{{ar-sxr-flares}}}
Largest Hα flares	{{{ar-ha-flares}}}
Coronal mass ejection
Speed	{{{cme-speed}}}
First observed	{{{cme-first-obs}}}
Reached Earth	{{{cme-reached-earth}}}
Travel time	{{{cme-travel-time}}}
Coronagraph angular width	{{{cme-angle}}}
R{{{r-scale}}} "" radio blackout
	R-scale (NOAA/SWPC)
Initial onset	{{{r-onset}}}
Dissipated	{{{r-ended}}}
SXR flare	{{{r-flare}}}
Impacts	{{{r-impacts}}}
S{{{s-scale}}} "" solar particle event
	S-scale (NOAA/SWPC)
Initial onset	{{{s-onset}}}
Peak onset	{{{s-peak-onset}}}
Dissipated	{{{s-ended}}}
Peak p flux (≥ 10 MeV)	{{{p-flux-10}}}
Peak p flux (≥ 50 MeV)	{{{p-flux-50}}}
Peak p flux (≥ 100 MeV)	{{{p-flux-100}}}
GLE	{{{gle}}}
Impacts	{{{s-impacts}}}
G{{{g-scale}}} "" geomagnetic storm
	G-scale (NOAA/SWPC)
Initial onset	{{{g-onset}}}
Peak onset	{{{g-peak-onset}}}
Dissipated	{{{g-ended}}}
Peak Kp-index	{{{k-index}}}
Peak Ap-index	{{{a-index}}}
Peak Dst	{{{dst}}}
Impacts	{{{g-impacts}}}
	Part of [[solar cycle {{{solar-cycle}}}]]

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Infobox solar storm.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template uses Lua:

This template may be used for articles on notable space weather events, including solar storms and geomagnetic storms.

This infobox adapts the style used in {{Infobox weather event}}.

Usage[edit]

{{Infobox solar storm
| title             =
| image             =
| alt               =
| caption           =
| noaa              =
| rotation          =
| lat               =
| ar-first-obs      =
| ar-last-obs       =
| ar-area           =
| spot-class        =
| mag-class         =
| ar-sxr-flares     =
| ar-ha-flares      =
| cme-speed         =
| cme-first-obs     =
| cme-reached-earth =
| cme-travel-time   =
| cme-angle         =
| r-scale           =
| r-onset           =
| r-ended           =
| r-flare           =
| r-impacts         =
| s-scale           =
| s-onset           =
| s-peak-onset      =
| s-ended           =
| p-flux-10         =
| p-flux-50         =
| p-flux-100        =
| gle               =
| s-impacts         =
| g-scale           =
| g-onset           =
| g-peak-onset      =
| g-ended           =
| k-index           =
| a-index           =
| dst               =
| g-impacts         =
| solar-cycle       =
}}

Parameters[edit]

title: title
image: image
alt: alt text for image
caption: caption for image

Solar active region[edit]

noaa: the assigned NOAA/SWPC active region number
rotation: the Carrington rotation number for the active region
lat: the heliographic latitude of the active region
ar-first-obs: the date on which the active region was first observed
ar-last-obs: the date on which the active region was last observed
ar-area: the area of the active region
spot-class: the McIntosh sunspot group class of the active region
mag-class: the Mount Wilson magnetic classification of the active region
ar-sxr-flares: a list of the largest soft-X-ray flares produced by the active region
ar-ha-flares: a list of the largest H-alpha flares produced by the active region

Coronal mass ejection[edit]

cme-speed: the recorded speed of the coronal mass ejection
cme-first-obs: the time and date on which the coronal mass ejection was first observed
cme-reached-earth: the time and date on which the coronal mass ejection was observed at Earth
cme-travel-time: the time it took for the coronal mass ejection to reach Earth
cme-angle: the angular width of the coronal mass ejection in coronagraph observations

Radio blackout[edit]

r-scale: the peak R-scale of the radio blackout
r-onset: the time and date on which the radio blackout started
r-ended: the time and date on which the radio blackout ended
r-flare: the soft-X-ray flare associated with the radio blackout
r-impacts: impacts of the radio blackout

Radiation storm[edit]

s-scale: the peak S-scale of the radiation storm
s-onset: the time and date on which the radiation storm started
s-peak-onset: the time and date on which the radiation storm reached its peak S-scale value
s-ended: the time and date on which the radiation storm ended
p-flux-10: the peak flux of ≥ 10 MeV protons in pfu
p-flux-50: the peak flux of ≥ 50 MeV protons in pfu
p-flux-100: the peak flux of ≥ 100 MeV protons in pfu
gle: whether or not a ground level enhancement was observed
s-impacts: impacts of the radiation storm

Geomagnetic storm[edit]

g-scale: the peak G-scale of the geomagnetic storm
g-onset: the time and date on which the geomagnetic storm started
g-peak-onset: the time and date on which the geomagnetic storm reached its peak G-scale value
g-ended: the time and date on which the geomagnetic storm ended
k-index: the peak value of the planetary K-index
a-index: the peak value of the planetary A-index
dst: the peak value of the disturbance time index
g-impacts: impacts of the geomagnetic storm

Examples[edit]

{{Infobox solar storm
| title             = May 2024 solar storm
| image             = Northern Lights From Over the North Pole (NESDIS 2024-05-15 nhem-aurora-labels).png
| alt               =
| caption           = Image of aurora
| noaa              = 13664
| rotation          =
| lat               =
| ar-first-obs      =
| ar-last-obs       =
| ar-area           =
| spot-class        =
| mag-class         =
| ar-sxr-flares     = X8.7
| ar-ha-flares      =
| g-scale           = 5
| g-onset           = 10 May 2024
| g-peak-onset      =
| g-ended           = 13 May 2024
| k-index           = 9
| a-index           = 271
| dst               = −412 nT
| g-impacts         =
| solar-cycle       = 25
}}
}}

{{Infobox solar storm
| title             = Carrington Event
| image             = Carrington Richard sunspots 1859.jpg
| alt               = Drawing of the Carrington Event sunspot group
| caption           =
| cme-speed         =
| cme-first-obs     =
| cme-reached-earth =
| cme-travel-time   = 17.5 hr ({{abbr|est.|estimate}})
| cme-angle         =
| g-scale           =
| g-onset           = 1 September 1859
| g-peak-onset      =
| g-ended           = 2 September 1859
| k-index           =
| a-index           =
| dst               = −1200 nT (est.)
| g-impacts         = Severe damage to telegraph stations
| solar-cycle       = 10
}}