watch out for the Sun, its getting busy !

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watch out for the Sun, its getting busy !

Post by Dave Lillis » Wed May 01, 2013 10:18 pm

Hey all,
for all those with solar scope of solar filters, keep an eye out for the growing number of sunspots on the Sun, also keep an eye out for aurora as CME activity has increased abit.

For aurura, have a look at the bottom of the clubs weather page for details,
http://www.shannonsideastronomyclub.com/weather.htm

and for sunspot activity see
http://www.shannonsideastronomyclub.com/sun_current.htm
The sun is definitely getting more active with sunspot counts increasing :)
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Post by Dave Lillis » Sat May 04, 2013 4:27 pm

some spectacular CME's on the sun over the past 24 hours,
see
http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php ... &year=2013
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Post by Dave Lillis » Sat May 18, 2013 11:33 pm

Looks like there is big aurora activity in scandinavia.
There is another CME on the way, its due to hit in the next day or two.
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