We will be Posting various Solar Weather Alerts and Updates throughout Solar Maximum 2012-2013.
Currently things are pretty quiet.
Last Week not so much.
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Current Solar Activity is Low.
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Currently things are pretty quiet.
Last Week not so much.
Catch our weekly Radio Show: "Situational Preparedness w Madtown Preppers" on BlogtalkRadio/usaebn.com
Current Solar Activity is Low.
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QUIET SUN:
With the departure of sunspot AR1654, a new spell
of low solar activity is underway. NOAA forecasters
put the odds of a strong solar flare today at less
than 5%. Solar flare
alerts: text,
voice.
LUNAR ECLIPSE OF
JUPITER: Last night, the Moon passed
by Jupiter only a fraction of a degree away. In
parts of South America, the close encounter was
so close, it became an eclipse. Luis Argerich sends
this photo from Buenos Aires, Argentina:
"I captured half a Jupiter floating
next to the Moon with my telescope as the occultation
was in progress," says Argerich. "It was
incredible to see Jupiter disappear behind the Moon's
dark limb."
Another occultation of Jupiter is
less than a month away. The people of southern Australia
will see it on Feb.
18th. Meanwhile, browse the photo
gallery for more shots of last night's display.
NORTHERN LIGHTS:
A CME hit Earth's magnetic field during the late
hours of Jan. 19th, producing Northern Lights so
bright, they woke
up the Arctic fox:
Vladimir Scheglov sends the picture
from the Kupol mine in the Chukotka region of Russia.
"The Kupol mine has banned hunting, so wild
animals are not afraid of people," he explains.
More lights are possible on Jan. 23th
when a negative-polarity solar wind stream is expected
to hit Earth's magnetic field. NOAA forecasters
estimate a 20% chance of polar geomagnetic storms.
Aurora alerts:
text,
voice.
COMET OF THE CENTURY?
Later this year, Comet
ISON could become bright enough to see in broad
daylight when it passes through the atmosphere of
the sun. At the moment, however, it is a cold and
lonely speck barely visible through backyard telescopes.
On Jan. 16th, Pete Lawrence of Selsey, UK, photographed
the potentially-great comet moving through space
near the orbit of Jupiter:
"I created the
animation using images taken through a 4-inch
refractor, starting at 23h on the 15th of January
and ending at 01h on the 16th," says Lawrence.
"The comet is clearly visible moving among
the stars of Gemini, in an area just to the south
of Castor."
Comet ISON looks so puny now because
it is more than 600 million km away. In late 2013,
however, it will be much closer. A key date is Nov.
28th when Comet ISON flies through the solar corona
only 1.2 million km from the surface of the sun.
If the comet survives the encounter--a big IF--it
could emerge glowing as brightly as the Moon with
a sensational tail sure to create a worldwide sensation.
Stay tuned!
On
January 22, 2013 there were 1371
potentially hazardous asteroids.
Recent
& Upcoming Earth-asteroid encounters:
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