Space Weather News, 2 for 1 special this week

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Space Weather News for August 9, 2010
http://spaceweather.com

INCOMING CME: The solar eruption of August 7th might affect Earth after all. Newly-arriving data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) show a CME heading our way with a significant Earth-directed component. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras when the cloud arrives on August 10th. A movie of the CME is featured on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com.

EARLY PERSEID METEORS: The Perseid meteor shower doesn't peak until August 12th, but already...

 

[ewoaf]

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what's a CME?

 

[Guest]

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Coronal Mass Ejection

 

[Niles Coyote]

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Why God, why do I always have to be at work when these happen

Planets Align for the Perseid Meteor Shower

 

[ewoaf]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tucker301</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Coronal Mass Ejection </div></div>

solar flare?

 

[Niles Coyote]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ewoaf</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tucker301</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Coronal Mass Ejection </div></div>

solar flare? </div></div>

more or less here is a run good run down

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_flare

 

[Guest]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ewoaf</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tucker301</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Coronal Mass Ejection </div></div>

solar flare? </div></div>

Dude!

 

[ColoWyo]

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I'll be on a red-eye from Anchorage to Denver on the 13th. Should have a decent view.

 

[Greg Langelius *]

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If things get energetic enough it could affect your flight's scheduling.

 

[ArcticLight]

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SDO is the newest spacecraft designed to compliment SOHO - my company built the electronics on it.

You want hi -res of a solar flare? Go here:


http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/

 

[teknikallysekure]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ArcticLight</div><div class="ubbcode-body">SDO is the newest spacecraft designed to compliment SOHO - my company built the electronics on it.

You want hi -res of a solar flare? Go here:


http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ </div></div>

That's awesome thanks for sharing.