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Four record-breaking CME's enroute to the Earth
Seanron
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What's that in the sky? Is it a Bird? Is it a plane?
No, it doesn't look anything remotely like either of those things you Silly Goose!
From Wikipedia's live news update:
Now I love Space, the Universe and everything gorgeous particle of dust and energy that shoots around in the great void, so this is quite big news for me ^^ Got the old telescope facing North and my all-night kit set up! Is anyone else excited by the prospect of observing an Aurorae outside of Norway?? :P
No, it doesn't look anything remotely like either of those things you Silly Goose!
From Wikipedia's live news update:
On August 1, 2010, scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), using images taken from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, observed a series of four large CMEs emanating from the earth-facing hemisphere. They were expected to strike the earth's geomagnetic field sometime between August 4 and early August 5. As of 05:00 UTC August 4, the estimated time of arrival of the series was as follows:
Wednesday, August 4 – 07:00 UTC
Wednesday, August 4 – 17:00 UTC
Thursday, August 5 – 00:00 UTC
Thursday, August 5 – 06:00 UTC
All four were described as "large" and, according to scientists, possessed enough energy to cause aurorae to be observed by the naked eye in non-polar regions. According to reports, aurorae should be visible at night in temperate latitudes higher than 45° to 50°. The initial CME was generated by the eruption of August 1 named Sunspot 1092, which was big enough to be seen without the aid of a solar telescope. Aside from the visual effects of the CME series, scientists also fear that electric impulses caused by disruptions in the magnetic field due to the ionized particles may damage infrastructure such as power grids and telephone lines not adequately protected against induced magnetic current. It has also been reported that several earth-orbiting satellites may be in similar danger. According to Leon Golub, an astronomer at CfA:
"This eruption is directed right at us and is expected to get here early in the day on August 4th. It's the first major Earth-directed eruption in quite some time. When such an expulsion reaches Earth, it interacts with the planet's magnetic field and can create a geomagnetic storm. Solar particles stream down the field lines toward Earth's poles. Those particles crash with atoms of nitrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere, which then glow like little neon signs. Sky watchers in the northern U.S. and other countries should look toward the north late Tuesday or early Wednesday for rippling "curtains" of green and red light".
Now I love Space, the Universe and everything gorgeous particle of dust and energy that shoots around in the great void, so this is quite big news for me ^^ Got the old telescope facing North and my all-night kit set up! Is anyone else excited by the prospect of observing an Aurorae outside of Norway?? :P
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Quite unlikely during the day, although you may notice patches of sky looking a bit strange. Your best bet to really appreciate this kind of thing is aat night, away from light pollution such as street lights.
Not quite that big. It's only a G2 class storm here, which is at the lower end of the scale. Shit could of course get more fucked, but it's not too likely to do much more than make pretty lights for now.
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I couldn't see any activity last night or this morning, sadly.
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Same here. But I'm gonna stare the HELL out of that horizon.
The article I read "Solar Tsunami!" on FoxNews (ha) said the last kinda big one was in 2000. I remember seeing green lights in Michigan in the sky that year (A whole bunch of college friends went out into the woods and looked up) It was pretty cool.
(from Kansas)
Hopefully?
Kinda irritated that all these are happening during the day US time, BTW (well, except for 00:00 UTC, which would be early morning for folks on the Pacific coast). WTF? Doesn't Sol know that he's supposed to schedule this shit for prime time viewing?
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Wouldn't midnight UTC translate as 8:00 pm in Eastern Time? I was really hoping to catch a glimpse of this tonight.
As 2012 gets closer they just make it worse by highlighting all the normal occurances.
"OH LOOK! EARTHQUAKE IN THE OCEAN! 2012! TWENTY TWELVE!"
Also, I thought this was tonight, not last night.
fuck the sun
all barfing on us like this
but Saturn was throwing such a sweet keggar man
Holy shit, I remember this too, but I couldn't remember when it was. A friend and I jumped into his truck and drove as far away from the city as we could to get a better look at it.
That might be a good plan for tonight.
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Some people refer to it as "Sol" or "Helios" or a few other names, but on the books our sun has no name.
Same thing with our moon. And our Solar System in general.
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This stuff might actually be visible up here. Awesome.
Or am I completely wrong?
Its not going to go that low, i dont think
All stars are a Sun if they have a planet around them? But they've been named by us. Locally to that star, you'd probably refer to it as "our Sun".
Sunday is literally Sun Day and Monday is Moon Day. Saturday is Saturn Day. THE MORE YOU KNOW DOT JPG
I prefer Sol. Sometimes, when it shines in my face, I say, "What's up, Sol? Why you gotta bother me?" and people think I'm haunted by an Italian.
Also, on a side note, on a scale of "1" to "Michael Baysplosions", how fucked are we?
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i gonna go put some steaks up on my roof
did anyone want chicken?