Active sunspot 1401 erupted on Jan. 20th, between 02:15 and 03:30 AEDST. The long-duration blast produced an M3-class solar flare and a CME that appears to be heading toward Earth.

Although at the time of writing it is now overdue to hit the Earth’s magnetic field which has led to NOAA forecasters to downgrade the chance of polar geomagnetic storms to 10% – 25%. Still for those lucky enough to live in the right place still a chance for some awesome light shows.