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Was'nt NICT also based off of data collected by ACE?

Either way,the Magnetopause model has been showing it throwing a few crazy shapes.

Hope everyone is good : )

Just witnessed a truly amazing sunset on the east coast. Full of pink clouds and blue sky behind. Heads up, Midwest folk, should be a good one for u as well (:

(from last year)

^ just like the first photo. Gone now :(

Beautiful mate!
one of the most frustrating things to me, is the fact that 90% of people would never notice this! the beauty of nature is around us all day everyday, but very few people actually recognise it, and very fewer actually take the time to enjoy it...
thanks for sharing Anhedonic, lovely shots
Peace all

Thanks for the feedback nerdrage. I've only taken an interest in the skies over the past 3-4 years. Prior to that my consciousness was too muddied for me to appreciate such things.

This, sadly, is true. I feel pretty certain you could pull the moon outta the sky and most folks wouldn't miss it. So few pay attention to the natural world these days.

If we were put here as wardens...we have failed horribly.

here's a cpl nice sunset pics from last fall

[link to s1194.photobucket.com]

Wow.

Things are a little calm now (except in Syria) so I'll keep lurking while watching the debate. Keep it up, all. You are the best!

The solar wind speed is increasing and a little turbulent.

ACE SW data:

[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

A few bumps on the ACE Proton plot:

[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

All in all, a quiet sun tonight. Anybody have any ideas on that pyramid-structure? It must be a by-product of that coronal hole IMO.

:5hotspots:

Good night all, get good rest

Oh, and whoever you are, don't be a balding hater, I recommend hair club for men, and a life

Last Edited by TS66 on 10/03/2012 10:12 PM

According to NOAA AR1585 has grown from 50 millionths to 240 millionths since yesterday. Here's a recent magnetogram-
:1585mag:

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary
SRS Number 278 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Oct 2012
Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Oct
I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z
Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type
1579 S10W47 107 0180 Cso 03 04 Beta
1582 S08W25 085 0270 Cho 05 05 Beta
1584 S23W12 072 0020 Hax 02 02 Alpha
1585 S17E52 008 0240 Dso 07 07 Beta
IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Oct
Nmbr Location Lo
1580 N19W42 102
II. Regions Due to Return 04 Oct to 06 Oct
Nmbr Lat Lo
1569 S14 318
1574 S22 315
1571 S13 295

Latest HMI hi-res Intensitygram:
[link to jsoc.stanford.edu]

Latest HMI Magnetogram:
[link to sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov]

A large eruption has been spotted by SDO beyond the SE limb. This appears to be from a region due to return Earthside in 2-3 days.
:10/4CME:

Larger SDO image of far-side eruption:
[link to sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov]

[link to sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov]

That's a nice looking one.

not mine but i love it!
[link to spaceweather.com]

I am so thankful for my art school days....way back when.....
i had to keep a journal of sunsets for my lighting design classes. ever night....write about them. some nights i would not even look at the sky but how the sun setting effected everything around me...those night were very beautiful as well. sun sets in the spring...in the summer....and the fall always seemed warm....the ones in the winter just looked cooler and not a temp thing.
ever notice how shadows turn a beautiful blue color at dusk?

i make sure my son is learning to....well just take the time to smell the roses so to speak!

Thanks 88

Another SDO pic of that eruption-
:10/4prom:

Looks like more bad data from the ACE solar wind sensors tonight:

ACE 6-hr. SWEPAM:

[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

ACE 24-hr. SWEPAM:

[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

It just doesn't look right to me.

[link to cosmicrays.oulu.fi]

cosmic rays from april 1964 til today.

i do not like cosmic rays!
when the solar our protector from these is sleeping they grow stronger!

now here is the question....
are the cosmic really growing stronger and that is making the sun weaker?

Last Edited by psyoptics on 10/04/2012 12:01 AM

[link to www.haarp.alaska.edu]
did we get hit by a small something....CME?

[link to themis.ssl.berkeley.edu]
even here it looks like we got hit today?

like 20:00 UTC or so.....we got hit.

[link to mms.rice.edu]
IMF has gone south.

i am seeing this on many different data sources. all at about the same time....i do not think this is bad ACE data.
and even the ground based HAARP data shows this at about the same time.
WTF?

[link to iswa.ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov]
check this out

The Kp Index has been at 1 or Zero for the past 15 hours, so I don't think anything has been hitting the magnetosphere. All is quiet.
[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

3-Day Spaceweather Forecast:
[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

A predicted CME for the 2nd never materialized. The ACE data has been sporadically crazy, but I'm fairly certain it's a software issue or perhaps some charging of the sensors from the last big storm. We'll be in bad shape without the ACE satellite; even the Chinese and Russian space weather sites rely on USAF/NOAA/NASA/ACE solar event data-surely another sign of the NEW WORLD ORDER, haha.

By the way, forgive me if this was already posted (I just saw it today);

GOES-14 Online as Secondary X-ray Sensor and Imager:
GOES-14 has been brought online to provide additional operational coverage during the GOES eclipse season, the period where Earth comes between the GOES spacecraft and the Sun, obscuring the measurement for a brief period each day. After the eclipse season (on or around October 16th), GOES-14 will become the primary, and only, operational X-ray measurement platform (both XRS and SXI) during planned maintenance for GOES-15. After the GOES-15 maintenance (on or around October 30th), GOES-14 will return to storage and GOES-15 will once again be the primary, and only, operational X-ray measurement platform.

[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]



Last Edited by Hugh M Eye on 10/04/2012 12:42 AM

My dad called this 'sky blue pink' (his favorite color)

[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

Looks like starting around the 9th we are going to get some coronal hole action.

Wonky ACE solar wind readings presently, and then during that 50-60/cm3 density CME the ACE density readings were completely and utterly wrong. Is ACE being held together with duct tape or what...

Looks kind of dense. Don't ya think?