Interesting Space Weather

Started by CrackSmokeRepublican, October 19, 2010, 02:28:45 AM

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Interesting Space Weather:

JUPITER-MOON CONJUNCTION:  Look east after sunset. Jupiter and the Moon are having a close encounter (< 6o) in the constellation Pisces. The bright conjunction is visible even from light-polluted urban areas, no sky map required.

MEGA FILAMENT ERUPTION:
For days, astronomers have been monitoring a "mega-filament" of magnetism splayed across the sun's southern hemisphere. Measuring more than 500,000 km from end to end, it spans a distance greater than the separation of Earth and the Moon. Oct. 18th the massive structure erupted:

Magnetic instabilities in the filament sparked a C2-class flare and hurled a portion of its own backbone into space. The blast was not Earth-directed. Remarkably, the filament survived and is still visible in backyard optics. Readers with solar telescopes are encouraged to monitor developments.

http://spaceweather.com/swpod2010/18oct ... uption.m4v

http://spaceweather.com/
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