SOLAR WATCH * Huge X8.2 Flare Sept. 10, 2017! (Updated Daily)

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Yeah, I hear you on that.

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Going by the date stamp, yes

We are at:
K4

wind:638.7

BZ -1.0

[link to www.solarham.com]

Everything is heating up

Happy Saint Patrick's Day All. Had a celebration here at the Finley's. Thanks again for all you do.

But there is no cool air in space

The magnetosphere protects our planet from solar wind and cosmic rays. It contains the Van Allen radiation belts, auroras, and giant electrical "ring currents" of staggering power.
[link to www.nasa.gov]

[link to stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov]

Anyone watching this?

I think GLP overloaded and fried all their servers, lol. :)

Yes, a large far-side CME....most likely from our old friend 1429 or possibly a filament eruption. Not Earth-facing, but STEREO A may get blasted.
SOHO C2:
[link to sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov]
STEREO Behind:
[link to stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov]

NOAA has extended warning 24 MORE hours....AGAIN.

Space Weather Message Code: WARK04
Serial Number: 1898
Issue Time: 2012 Mar 17 2323 UTC

EXTENDED WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 4 expected
Extension to Serial Number: 1897
Valid From: 2012 Mar 15 1300 UTC
Now Valid Until: 2012 Mar 19 0100 UTC
Warning Condition: Persistence
Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 65 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude.
Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur.
Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes such as Canada and Alaska.
[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

GOES Electron Flux:
[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

GOES Magnetometer:
[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

ACE solar wind data shows a southward Bz and 600 km/s velocity--still from the coronal hole IMO.
[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

Last Edited by Hugh M Eye on 03/18/2012 12:25 AM

Same to you, O'Finley!

On the ground we're mostly protected by the Earth's atmosphere. Airline pilots, frequent fliers, and Everest-climbers are more exposed to X-radiation due to the thinner atmosphere. Of course astronauts are much more exposed. The danger is difficult to quantify; but statistically, the more exposure,the greater chance of cancerous cell mutation. All-in-all, being repeatedly naked-body-scanned at airports or living near Fukushima is far more dangerous than an X20-flare.
Of course, with holes in the ozone layer it's wise to wear a big-brimmed hat and not to lie naked on the beach in the noon-time sun. Without the ozone's protection, UV sunlight is just as dangerous as gamma or x-rays; and well-known to be a cause of malignant skin cancer.

The solar data now ( KP index = unsettled) resembles that of data of 2 days back when we had the KP index of storm. How can that be?

IF these satellites are affected by the recent CME's then will they fall down? I heard in Mr cometwatch video that one of the satellite was lost during the Jan'12 storm..

Nice aurora firing up in Yellowknife, Canada!

[link to www.asc-csa.gc.ca]

Regarding the huge isoceles triangle now formed on the sun:

The triangle is nearly the size of the sun.
It's lines are perfectly straight - nature doesn't do that.
CME's are being sucked into it.

Suns ARE stargates. (Think black hole/wormhole.) Those sundiving comets aren't comets - they're going thru the gate.


(The sun and all planets are hollow, due to centrifugal force. Why do you think Admiral Byrd could find an inner earth?)

NICT being down has nothing to do with a satellite being down.
NICT is not a satellite.
What we are calling NICT, is a computer program.
Specifically, the graphics/visual output of that program.
The input for that program is ACE data.
ACE is a satellite, Advanced Composition Explorer.
ACE is operational and continues to supply data.
ACE data is widely available online, in various types of formats and simulations though none are as pretty as NICT.

NICT is a Japanese organization... "National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), an incorporated administrative agency..."

The group in charge of the simulation... "Simulation Team, Space Environment Group, Applied Electromagnetic Research Center
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)"



The NICT realtime magnetosphere simulation website site is down because ________?

As suggested, GLP overloaded their servers?
Changes are being made to software program used to process the ACE data?
Operators of the website are pissed that their software (the MHD model) is being dissed by some in the industry for being inaccurate?
Forgot to pay their monthly ACE data bill?
The supercomputer used to process the simulation software is busy being used in that little reactor coverup, uh, cleanup, operation?


I'm guessing this been done previously on this thread but does anyone feel like listing the available alternatives to the NICT simulation and/or ACE data?

Thanks...

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Good morning all

Hope you are all enjoying this beautiful spring weather as much as I am !!

This is the simulation I refer to when NICT is down: [link to iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov:8080] ,
and this page will give you any other info you may be interested in, assuming all is up and running ;)
[link to solarimg.org]

Hope it helps.

hiya all

back and rdy to work but first i need to read a bit...^^

Good morning IWTB. Not much activity around the sun.

hiya mmmhh okay not at the moment but i passed some :(




Britain has added volcanoes and solar storms to floods, flu and terrorism on a list of threats to national security.
Sunday, March 18



“Severe space weather” poses a threat to communications systems, electronic circuits and power grids, the list said. Solar storms — eruptions of magnetic energy and charged particles — are part of the sun’s normal 11-year cycle, which is expected to reach a peak next year.

The storms can’t hurt people, but can disturb electric grids, GPS systems and satellites. In 1989, a strong solar storm knocked out the power grid in Quebec, cutting electricity to 6 million people. Last week, the strongest solar storm since 2004 passed without major disruptions.

Last month, Parliament’s defense committee called on the government to prepare for disruptions to electrical supplies and satellites from electromagnetic pulses — whether caused by the sun or by a nuclear weapon exploded in space....

ReadMore:
[link to www.washingtonpost.com]

But I thought we are going to reach the solar MAx this Summer. With the pasage thru the plasma the Soalr max will be at its peak from thsi summer onwards.

Hey Alfred. What's up? Hope all is well with you and your new home.

Namaste.

yep everything fine or almost^^ bit tired

i will move over completly on april 21



Comet C/2012 E2 (SWAN) in COR2A 14-03-12

How comet SWAN fell into the Sun a 4-second video from STEREO COR2A image..


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Thanks, for anyone interested the article has the link to the full pdf at the bottom, not sure I should post it here though.

This normal ?
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