Solar Flares, Sunspots, Aurora's (Report)

[DmoneyCustoms]

I am going to start a thread concerning the Sun's Solar Flares, SunSpots, and Aurora,s Report.....I have attached a poll before i do Start on posting any news of the sun's activity every vote does count your votes will determing if I should Continue in posting the sun's activity.....Thanks for your support in this thread if u do cast a vote

DmoneyCustoms.......

[DmoneyCustoms]

The Poll will Run for 10 Days, Again Thanks for any Input

[DmoneyCustoms]

SOLAR ECLIPSE:


Mark your calendar. On April 8th, the Moon will glide in front of the Sun producing a total solar eclipse over the Pacific Ocean and a partial eclipse elsewhere. Amateur astronomer Larry Koehn has created a splendid animation of the viewing circumstances for North America.

AURORA WATCH:


The Iditarod is underway in Alaska and--good news--a solar wind stream is blowing past Earth. This means sporadic auroras are likely along the 1112-mile trail from Anchorage to Nome. Mushers, look up!


These small sunspots pose no threat for strong solar flares. Sunspots 739, 741, and 742


SPACE WEATHER
Current
Conditions


Solar Wind

speed: 748.9 km/s
density: 1.1 protons/cm3
explanation | more data
Updated: Today at 1937 UT

X-ray Solar Flares

6-hr max: B4 1725 UT Mar08
24-hr: B5 0305 UT Mar08
explanation | more data
Updated: Today at 1930 UT

Earth is inside a solar wind stream flowing from the indicated coronal hole. Image credit: SOHO Extreme UV Telescope.

All Info from http://spaceweather.com/

[DmoneyCustoms]

SOLAR ECLIPSE:

Mark your calendar. On April 8th, the Moon will glide in front of the Sun producing a total solar eclipse over the Pacific Ocean and a partial eclipse elsewhere. Amateur astronomer Larry Koehn has created a splendid animation of the viewing circumstances for North America.

[DmoneyCustoms]

CALM SUN:

After a week of dead-quiet, solar activity is slowly increasing with the emergence of several new sunspots. Even so, strong solar flares are not likely this weekend.



Sunspot 742 is still growing, but it does not yet pose a threat for strong solar flares. Credit: SOHO/MDI



There are no big coronal holes on the Earth-facing side of the sun today. Image credit: SOHO Extreme UV Telescope.

SPACE WEATHER
Current
Conditions


Solar Wind

speed: 456.5 km/s
density: 2.2 protons/cm3
explanation | more data
Updated: Today at 2246 UT

INFO AT http://spaceweather.com/

[DmoneyCustoms]

Hmmmmm, Looks as if the SOHO satellite is down or something here check out the image......





Other than that Space weather is quiet this week...So Far

[DmoneyCustoms]

AROUND THE BEND:

Something exploded on the sun yesterday. We couldn't see the blast itself because it happened behind the sun's eastern limb. But we could see the hot magnetic cloud it hurled into space. Witness this picture from Gary Honis of Conyngham, Pennsylvania:



John Stetson of Falmouth, Maine, saw it, too: image. The dramatic twisting loop soared some 240,000 km high, 20 times the diameter of Earth.

What exploded? Possibly a sunspot. We'll see soon enough: the sun's rotation should carry the site around the bend and into view later this week.


SPACE WEATHER
Current
Conditions

Solar Wind
speed: 383.1 km/s
density: 6.0 protons/cm3

ALL INFO FROM http://spaceweather.com/

[DmoneyCustoms]

GREEN SKIES:

Northern spring is almost here; that means flowers, warmer days ... and greener nights. Spring, like autumn, is aurora season. It's a time of year when (for reasons scientists don't completely understand) the interplanetary magnetic field near Earth tilts farther south than usual, fueling geomagnetic storms and auroras.



Sky watcher Lance Parrish photographed these green auroras over Skiland, Alaska, on March 6th. "As I started the exposure," says Parrish, "a rocket was launched from the University of Alaska's Poker Flat Research Range." Scientists there often launch rockets into auroras to study the inner workings of the beautiful lights. This time, unfortunately, the rocket crashed. The good news: auroras (and opportunities to study them) should be plentiful in the weeks ahead.

So keep an eye on the sky, and have a Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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Sunspot 742 has developed a slightly-complex magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class solar flares. Credit: SOHO/MDI

SPACE WEATHER
Current
Conditions


Solar Wind

speed: 416.6 km/s
density: 4.6 protons/cm3
explanation | more data
Updated: Today at 2325 UT

[DmoneyCustoms]

SOLAR PROMINENCE:

For days, astronomers have been watching a prominence dance over the sun's eastern limb. Mike Strieber of Newport News, Virginia, took this picture of it on March 18th:



Prominences are tendrils of gas held suspended above the sun's surface by magnetic force-fields. Seen from the side, they're beautiful, filamentary and glowing.

Seen from above, they look completely different. The gas inside a prominence, although glowing hot, is cool compared to the sun beneath it. Prominences seen top-down are, therefore, dark. There are several of these dark prominences in Strieber's image; astronomers call them "filaments."

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A solar wind stream flowing from the indicated coronal hole could reach Earth on or about March 24th. Image credit: NOAA's Solar

SPACE WEATHER
Current
Conditions

Solar Wind

speed: 348.7 km/s
density: 1.5 protons/cm3
explanation | more data
Updated: Today at 2145 UT

[DmoneyCustoms]

AURORA WATCH:

Earth is about to enter a solar wind stream, which could spark a geomagnetic storm. Sky watchers in Alaska and Canada, be alert for auroras on March 25th and 26th: gallery.



Above: A sky watcher near Palmer, Alaska, on March 16th. Photo credit: Jeff Pietras.

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Sunspot 745 is growing rapidly, but it does not yet pose a threat for strong solar flares. Credit: SOHO/MDI

SPACE WEATHER
Current
Conditions

Solar Wind
speed: 315.6 km/s
density: 4.6 protons/cm3
explanation | more data
Updated: Today at 0556 UT

ALL SITE INFO http://spaceweather.com/

[DmoneyCustoms]

AURORA WATCH:

Earth is inside a solar wind stream, which is causing mild geomagnetic storms. Sky watchers in Alaska and Canada should be alert for auroras tonight



Earth is inside a solar wind stream flowing from the indicated coronal hole. Image credit: NOAA's Solar X-ray Imager.

SPACE WEATHER
Current
Conditions

Solar Wind
speed: 674.7 km/s
density: 2.3 protons/cm3
explanation | more data
Updated: Today at 1425 UT

[DmoneyCustoms]

SOLAR MINIMUM:

Late last year, solar physicists declared that solar minimum is coming. It certainly is. Monthly-averaged sunspot numbers have reached their lowest levels since 1997:

If this trend holds, solar minimum should arrive in 2006 followed by a rapid ascent back to solar maximum in 2010. It is widely believed that sunspots vanish and solar flares stop--completely--during solar minimum. Not so. Occasional big sunspots will unleash flares and spark auroras in 2006, just not so often as in recent years.

SINCE WE ARE NOW AT SOLAR SUNSPOT MINIMUM AN AURORAS WILL BE LOW IM CLOSING THIS THREAD THANKS FOR YOUR VIEWS AS WE ENTER THIS QUIET PERIOD I WILL START A NEW THREAD IF ANY MAJOR CHANGES DEVELOPE.........

[dutchie]

Here's a nice prominence pic...

Prominence observed in 171 Angstroms on May 21, 1998. This solar phenomena can persist for several days and even several months. The dark material in this image has a temperature ranging from 5,000 to 10,000 Kelvin, while the surrounding material has a temperature of about 1 million Kelvin.
(Source: www.space.com)

[Bigsky770]

. . .WoW. . .Great find! Never seen that one before.

Incredible. Joe (Bigsky770)

[DmoneyCustoms]

Dutchie, Now that hurt the eyes lol really nice pic