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CME heading for Spitzer Telescope! Yesterday (4/24/12) around ~7-8 UT a slow CME and C class solar flare originated from the near the region now designated AR11467. The CME headed off to the East of the Sun towards the Spitzer spacecraft. NASA models show the CME front reaching Spitzer around ~12 UT on 4/27/2012. The event should not be a problem for the spacecraft. Here is a snapshot of the eruption with the SDO/AIA 304 camera. This shows us plasma with temperatures around 60,000-80,000 Kelvin.