HERE COMES THE SUN

Glp'er 2c has posted some great solar links -- Thread: Real-Time Monitoring Links for Solar, Earthquake, Atmosphere, Live Webcams and more. (The More Eyes The Better)

Solar 'Current of Fire' Speeds Up
03.12.2010


March 12, 2010: What in the world is the sun up to now?

In today's issue of Science, NASA solar physicist David Hathaway reports that the top of the sun's Great Conveyor Belt has been running at record-high speeds for the past five years.

"I believe this could explain the unusually deep solar minimum we've been experiencing," says Hathaway. "The high speed of the conveyor belt challenges existing models of the solar cycle and it has forced us back to the drawing board for new ideas."

The Great Conveyor Belt is a massive circulating current of fire (hot plasma) within the sun. It has two branches, north and south, each taking about 40 years to complete one circuit. Researchers believe the turning of the belt controls the sunspot cycle.


Hathaway has been monitoring the conveyor belt using data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). The top of the belt skims the surface of the sun, sweeping up knots of solar magnetism and carrying them toward the poles. SOHO is able to track those knots—Hathaway calls them "magnetic elements"--and thus reveal the speed of the underlying flow.


"It's a little like measuring the speed of a river on Earth by clocking the leaves and twigs floating downstream," Hathaway explains.
SOHO's dataset extends all the way back to 1996 and spans a complete solar cycle. Last year, Lisa Rightmire, a student of Hathaway from the University of Memphis, spent the entire summer measuring magnetic elements. When she plotted their speeds vs. time, she noticed how fast the conveyor belt has been going.

A note about "fast": The Great Conveyor Belt is one of the biggest things in the whole solar system and by human standards it moves with massive slowness. "Fast" in this context means 10 to 15 meters per second (20 to 30 miles per hour). A good bicyclist could easily keep up.


The speed-up was surprising on two levels.

First, it coincided with the deepest solar minimum in nearly 100 years, contradicting models that say a fast-moving belt should boost sunspot production. The basic idea is that the belt sweeps up magnetic fields from the sun's surface and drags them down to the sun's inner dynamo. There the fields are amplified to form the underpinnings of new sunspots. A fast-moving belt should accelerate this process.

So where have all the sunspots been? The solar minimum of 2008-2009 was unusually deep and now the sun appears to be on the verge of a weak solar cycle.

Instead of boosting sunspots, Hathaway believes that a fast-moving Conveyor Belt can instead suppress them "by counteracting magnetic diffusion at the sun's equator." He describes the process in detail in Science ("Variations in the Sun's Meridional Flow over a Solar Cycle," 12 March 2010, v327, 1350-1352).

The second surprise has to do with the bottom of the Conveyor Belt.

SOHO can only clock the motions of the visible top layer. The bottom is hidden by ~200,000 kilometers of overlying plasma. Nevertheless, an estimate of its speed can be made by tracking sunspots.

"Sunspots are supposedly rooted to the bottom of the belt," says Hathaway. "So the motion of sunspots tells us how fast the belt is moving down there."

He's done that—plotted sunspot speeds vs. time since 1996—and the results don't make sense. "While the top of the conveyor belt has been moving at record-high speed, the bottom seems to be moving at record-low speed. Another contradiction."


Could it be that sunspots are not rooted to the bottom of the Conveyor Belt, after all? "That's one possibility" he notes. "Sunspots could be moving because of dynamo waves or some other phenomenon not directly linked to the belt."

What researchers really need is a good look deep inside the sun. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, launched in February 2010, will provide that when its instruments come online later this year. SDO is able to map the sun's interior using a technique called helioseismology. SOHO can do the same thing, but not well enough to trace the Great Conveyor Belt all the way around. SDO's advanced sensors might reveal the complete circuit.

And then…? "It could be the missing piece we need to forecast the whole solar cycle," says Hathaway.

Stay tuned for that.

Author: Dr. Tony Phillips | Credit: Science@NASA

[link to science.nasa.gov]

Hello everyone,

I would just like to give a word to anyone who considers this person's religious viewpoint a good one: the universal mind or the collective unconscious is by no means the Supreme Authority. They are merely more aspects of our universe/existence and should by no means even technically be considered 'spiritual' in any way. You will by no means find the answer in any new age, kabbalah, collective unconscious, or annunaki bs. The only thing that exists in the collective unconscious is a bunch of chatter and noise. Divined info from the collective unconscious is not to be trusted because the same moral laws that exist here on earth exist in the collective unconscious, and actually it's kind of a shadow of the world we live in. If you can't trust anyone here what makes you think you can trust anyone/thing there? Don't trust your wits, you will be deceived, tempted and spiritually destroyed. Only begin studying these subjects (mystery, hypnosis, paganism, ritual/ceremonial magic) once you have a firm grasp on the TRUTH and have made a genuine connection with the Most High and allow his Holy Spirit to work in you as the True Diviner of information and Teacher of the Truth.

For the record though, yes the sun is going to become more active than it is now. I think some of the disturbances on our earth are man made (HAARP tech) and blasphemous to the authorities (lowercase) that rule the heavens so they will be quick to display their own power. To the destruction of many.

This is really only the beginning...

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I would just like to give a word to anyone who considers this person's religious viewpoint a good one:

Who are taking about ???

This is a good comet video of the big comets - disregard the Nibiru and a huge rock hitting Earth.

INCOMING: This morning, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory recorded a halo CME emerging from the vicinity of sunspot 1054: movie. The cloud appears to be heading toward Earth and it could spark geomagnetic storms when it arrives on or about March 17th. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras.

[link to www.spaceweather.com]


The sun is setting in Oz - half an hour ago I started getting pressure waves, my ears hurting. I mentioned in the LW thread that I think imho that the energies the sun is sending via CME's arrive a lot quicker than days -- some of the energies are carried straight in the light of the blast, the light takes minutes to get hear. The rest of the energies are delivered via the magnetosphere within days.

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Hi Dances! how are you honey? I had to bump this thread...so much for me to catch up on...Love to you

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Hi Angeleverywhere - good to see you. :bjdh7:

Spring Equinox and the
Solar Light Codes

by Cayelin K. Castell

The Sun is why life exists on Earth. The Sun is also the seasonal metronome of the Earth telling us what time it is. Metronome comes from the Greek word "metron" meaning measure, and "nomos" meaning rule or defined. Metronome then is a definite measure of time. The dictionary definition says it is a device used to mark time by means of regularly recurring ticks or flashes at adjustable intervals. Each year the Sun rises or sets along the horizon reaching due east and due west at the Equinoxes.

There are four primary Solar Gates each year when the Sun reaches the Solstice and Equinox points. Ancient cultures understood the importance of these gateways and aligned with them through ceremonial intent. As we remember our place as conscious co-creators it is vital that we find ways to acknowledge and honor these ceremonial solar gates.

This doesn't necessarily mean adopting old ways. Rather, it is about finding the ways that have value and meaning now and utilizing the energy of the Sun and the information coming in through these solar gates.

The Sun is the source of light, life, energy and health. We have been programmed to fear the Sun, how it ages us and causes skin cancer. However, the Sun caries vital life force and light information to our bodies and it is important to take time to enjoy the Sun at least a few minutes a day whenever possible. Sunlight helps to attune (or entrain) our bodies to the light frequencies of planetary ascension. It also aids in dispelling depression when used wisely. Connecting with the light of the Sun helps our bodies come into resonance with the new light information beaming to us through sunlight.

"I believe it will be the magnetic influence produced by the Sun which will usher in what is described by our ancient ancestors as "the transition" bringing us to a new state-of-being." (Mitch Battros)

Solar Cycle 24 has begun - and it has been predicted by NASA, NOAA and ESA to be up to 50% stronger than its "record breaking" predecessor Cycle 23 which produced the largest solar flare ever recorded. The Sun will reach its "apex" (maximum) in late 2011 into 2012.

In March 12, 2010 issue of Science, NASA solar physicist David Hathaway reports that the top of the sun's Great Conveyor Belt has been running at record-high speeds for the past five years. Rest of article here... the article is posted above in this thread.

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Dark Plasma Theory - Biology
The Sun and Bioplasma Bodies

It is not a surprise that bioplasma bodies have many features similar to the visible Sun - both are hot balls of magnetic plasma.


Coronal auras and discharges, granulation and spicules are all features associated with the Sun and super magma bodies – the latter, as seen by clairvoyants. The bright coronal aura of the Sun and the aura of super magma bodies are similar. Coronal discharges and flares can occur suddenly on the Sun. The various particles that are discharged, together with these flares, are carried by the Sun's plasma wind to cause magnetic storms on Earth. Spicules are short-lived phenomena, corresponding to rising jets of gas that move upward and last only a few minutes on the Sun. Spicules can also be seen in the coronas of their bioplasma bodies. In a semi-darkened room move your hands together so that the fingers touch. Then observe as you move the fingers away, relaxing the eyes. Most people would be able to see spicules within the halo around their fingers. Coronas and spicules can also be seen in Kirlian representations of the aura. (In laboratory tests, it has been found that Kirlian representations of the aura correlate with the colors and shapes that human "seers" see.)

The Magnetic Plasma Bodies of Aliens, Ghosts, Angels and Deities
The appearance and characteristics of the bodies of aliens, ghosts angels and deities show marked similarities and suggest that they are composed of the same substance - magnetic plasma. Magnetic plasma, besides generating electromagnetic fields, is a good conductor of electricity and radiator of electromagnetic waves.
1. Emission of Light and Colorful Auras

Unlike our physical bodies which are visible because of reflected light; angels, ghosts and deities emit light as a result of interactions between particles in their bodies and high energy particles in the environment — similar to what happens in auroras and inside fluorescent lamps. This is why angels, ghosts and deities glow brightly in the dark. The aura that is radiated by these higher energy entities is generated in the same way that an aurora is generated. In the case of an aurora, electrons passing through space are captured by the Earth’s magnetic field and follow spiral or helical tracks about the magnetic lines of force and in the process collide with gases in the neutral atmosphere generating the aurora. Similarly, charged particles (popularly referred to as particles of 'qi', 'prana' or 'kundalini' in the metaphysical literature) are captured by the electromagnetic fields of the bodies of angels, ghosts and deities; which then flow down (or up) twisted magnetic (helical or spiral) lines of force into their higher energy bodies generating colorful auras as they react with the particles in the environment and in the subtle bodies. Furthermore, their bodies are also 'thermochromic.' A thermochromic body produces color changes in response to the heat generated by electrical currents within the higher energy subtle bodies.

2. Features Associated with Magnetic Plasma

Angels, ghosts and deities also have features associated with the Sun. This is not surprising as the Sun is a big ball of magnetic plasma. Coronal auras and discharges, granulation and spicules are all features associated with the Sun and magnetic plasma bodies. The coronal aura is even more pronounced for angels and in apparitions of saints or deities. Coronal discharges and flares can occur suddenly on the Sun. The various particles that are discharged, together with these flares, are carried by the Sun’s plasma wind to cause magnetic storms on Earth. Similarly, the coronal auras of saints and deities blast-out particles that may have a harmful or positive effect on the observer’s body. Spicules are short-lived phenomena, corresponding to rising jets of gas that move upward and last only a few minutes on the Sun. Spicules can also be seen in the coronas of angels, ghosts and deities.

3. Balls of Light

The natural stable shape of magnetic plasma bodies is ovoid. The membrane of this ovoid may be transparent. Within the ovoid, composed of low density magnetic plasma, a holographic thought-form may be generated. On May 13, 1917 a sudden strong wind on a calm day startled three peasant children out of a game they were playing and they saw across the valley a dazzling globe of light, like a miniature Sun, gliding slowly towards them. As it approached, the ball of light gradually resolved itself into a brilliantly shining young man. According to the children they saw "a light whiter than snow in the shape of a transparent young man, who was more brilliant than a crystal struck by the rays of the Sun." When internal frequencies change, magnetic plasma can become translucent or transparent (this is a natural property of magnetic plasma). In other words, the opacity of the bodies of angels, ghosts and deities can be manipulated electromagnetically – allowing the bodies to apparently appear, disappear or fade away. Ghosts, angels and religious figures have frequently been reported to be transparent or translucent and casting faint shadows. This betrays the fact that their bodies are composed of magnetic plasma. Ghosts also have been reported to be in the form of vortices (like a moving cyclone) or vapor. All these forms are compatible with descriptions of magnetic plasma and its dynamics.

4. Passing through Objects

Being composed of low density plasma, ghosts can pass through you, walls and other ghosts. They are composed of 'collisionless plasma' - just like Earth's plasmasphere. This is also a characteristic of collisionless dark matter. Ron Cowen says, "Evidence indicates that when speeding fragments of dark matter meet, they don’t collide as other matter do but pass right through each other, ghostlike." According to plasma metaphysics a lot of dark matter is in the form of a plasma of super (i.e. supersymmetric) particles and objects. You are unlikely to 'collide' with ghosts but electromagnetic effects can be felt if their bodies glide near or through your own magnetic plasma body. There could be changes in frequencies (which correspond to changes in energy levels) and distributions of charges over your own subtle magnetic plasma body.

5. Electromagnetic Nature and Radiation of Long-Range "Radio" Waves

In encounters with ghosts, lights may go on and off without any mechanical change in the position of the light switch. Similarly, messages may appear on a computer screen without any movement of keys on the computer keyboard. Some have even claimed that broadcasts of various beings residing in parallel planes have been transmitted and received by television. This is not inconceivable — considering that ghosts have magnetic plasma bodies which are good radiators of electromagnetic waves, analogous to long range radio waves. When these waves are modulated by the thoughts of the owner, telepathy can take place. The radio waves become part of the remotely-sensed electromagnetic spectrum of these bodies - just like visual, infrared, or ultraviolet emissions. This allows these entities to communicate their mental and emotional states to human beings through our higher energy (magnetic plasma) bodies.

6. Appearing and Disappearing

The bodies of these entities are generally not composed of standard particles (i.e. particles that are currently known to Science and included within the physicists' 'Standard Model'.) They are composed of much higher energy super (or supersymmetric) particles and objects. These higher energy particles cannot be observed by scientists currently - using particle accelerators which can only probe lower energy particles. Human beings or animals that use the sensory systems of their higher energy bodies can see these plasma-based life-forms. Alternatively, higher energy entities can 'step-down' the frequencies of the waves they radiate intermittently; intentionally or unintentionally; thereby becoming momentarily visible to those who are sensing them through their physical-biomolecular bodies. In these cases, these ordinarily invisible entities composed of dark matter become temporarily visible to most of us. The frequency of electromagnetic waves is related to its energy. As the energy of the body (particularly bodies in the lowest energy plane – which is usually referred to as the 'physical-etheric' plane by metaphysicists) drops, the body becomes visible momentarily in our low energy world.

7. Changing Appearances

The psychological states of angels, ghosts and deities can modify their appearances in an instant. A being which is depressed would appear differently from one who is happy. From a dark evil-looking appearance, an entity can be transformed to a bright and beautiful angel in minutes when the internal psychological state changes. Changes in psychological states can change the brightness, clarity, shape and colors of the thermochromic bodies of angels, ghosts and deities by effecting changes in the electromagnetic field of the body. The holographic thought-form generated within the ovoid also changes if another persistent thought-form replaces the current one. Since your own magnetic plasma body radiates electromagnetic waves, an entity can also change its appearance in accordance with your expectations by tuning into these frequencies.

Conclusion

There is much evidence that ghosts, angels and deities are composed of magnetic plasma. Once this is accepted more widely, a more rigorous scientific framework can be formulated for the study of these entities. This framework will significantly increase our understanding of angels, ghosts and deities and may even allow us to communicate with lower frequency entities in the near-future.

© Copyright Jay Alfred 2007
[link to www.dapla.org]

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[link to www.spaceweather.com]

COMET FRAGMENTS: On March 11th, 12th and 13th no fewer than four comets plunged into the sun. Can you find all four in this movie (22 MB) from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory? Hint: The last comet is a double. These sungrazing comets are believed to be fragments of a giant comet that broke apart more than 2000 years ago.

[link to www.spaceweather.com]

Hmm 4 into the sun, followed by 4 grb in on the 16th.

Stargate 2004 - 2012 Venus Transit

New Dawn No. 83 (March-April 2004)

By Will Hart


We have experienced an increasing number of large-scale natural disasters since 1950. This includes earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes and floods. While people are waiting for an explosive 2012 event to announce Armageddon, the signs these are indeed the ‘End Times’ appear to have already occurred.

According to the ancient Maya solar priests, the end of this age – the 5th Sun – would be precipitated by an era of increasing earthquakes. Seven of the ten biggest tremors of last century happened after 1950. In fact, there has been a sharp increase in the number of large-scale earthquakes and volcanic eruptions since 1960.

The frequency in occurrence of earthquakes analyzed from data accumulated since 1900 shows there were 120 strong (6-6.9) tremors, 18 major (7-7.9) and 1 great quake (8-8.9) on average annually. A chart for the number of earthquakes worldwide from the last decade is more revealing of recent tremor activity. In 1994 there were 161 strong, 13 major and 2 great earthquakes. The next year there were 185 strong, 22 major and 3 great earthquakes. In 2000 we find 153 strong, 16 major and 4 great earthquakes.

The data makes it very clear that the latter half of the century diverged greatly from the first half in terms of Earth changes. From 1900 to 1960 there were few major volcanic eruptions. Over the past 43 years dormant volcanoes around the globe have become active again. The 1990s saw swarms of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions around the globe. At the same time weather patterns became more erratic and severe storms more potent.

My research into the Maya 5th Sun prediction, over the past 3 decades, has turned up some very interesting connections:

1) the 2012 forecast is tied to the sunspot cycle and

2) the 2004-2012 Transit(s) of Venus.

The solar priests appear to have been aware of short and long-term solar output cycles. I am convinced the Five Suns or ages the Maya Long Count calendar kept track of were linked to the 26,000-year equinoctial precession, which is connected to the patterns of alternating ice ages and warming interglacial periods.

The Long Count calendar, which marks the passage of a ‘Sun’ cycle, about 5,150 years, began for this age in 3013 BCE. This calendar cycle simply counts the number of days in a ‘Solar’ age. When that number has elapsed the age comes to an end. The previous, 4th Sun, was said to have ended in a deluge, and this 5th Sun is predicted to culminate in earthquakes and impacts from cosmic objects in 2012.

Now, here is where things get very interesting and even disturbing. When I realized the Transit of Venus occurred in June of 2004 and then again in December of 2012 I knew I had to go back and examine past transit cycles. Venus Transits are much like lunar eclipses only the planet passes between the Earth and Sun. It is a fairly rare celestial phenomenon and they occur, in pairs separated by 8 years, in alternating cycles every 105 and 120 years. My first surprise came when I went back and discovered a Venus Transit took place in 1518-1526.

It was during this transit that Cortez invaded and conquered Mexico. The Aztec priests predicted this period would be fraught with danger and this is why Montezuma failed to meet the challenge the Conquistadors posed.

During this 8-year period many paranormal events occurred in Mexico. Strangely enough, “shields” appeared in the skies booming out dire warnings to the citizens of the Aztec Empire. Several temples were set afire by curious beams of light flashing down from the heavens. And the people also told the Spanish chronicler, Bernardino de Sahagun, that a “Pillar of Fire” had been seen hovering on the horizon for an entire year.

Perhaps even more chilling, a decade before these events took place unexplained events accompanied a lunar eclipse. Just after the lunar eclipse occurred, Mt. Popocatepetl erupted. The volcano, which can be seen from the Valley of Mexico, had been dormant for many years so the eruption made the people apprehensive. In 1991, a similar sequence of events took place. As the residents of Mexico City lined the streets to watch a full lunar eclipse, a UFO appeared over the city at 1 pm.

Mount Popocatepetl and nearby Mount Colima began erupting shortly thereafter and they have remained active ever since. UFO sightings have become common throughout Mexico over the past decade. In fact, so numerous that local bishops petitioned the Vatican asking how they should handle the increasing inquiries about UFOs from their parishioners. The Vatican told them to simply accept the reports at face value.

I examined the next Venus Transit, which took place in 1631-39. I found that sunspots stopped appearing for 70 years immediately following this cycle. The radical drop in solar output caused the ‘little ice age’ from 1640 to 1710. Then I pulled up solar data and found that solar output has been on the increase for almost 300 years. Sunspots went from zero in the late 1600s to above 200 in 1960, which appears to have been the peak.

This is when the real meaning of the 2012 prediction dawned on me. The ancient priests were alerting us to a change in solar output. I then turned to the 11-year sunspot cycle and found connections between rising solar maximums and increasing natural disasters, wars, economic cycles and so on. It became apparent that natural disasters and human activity were clearly tied to the sunspot peaks and troughs. You can look at the recent sunspot peaks in 1990-91 and double peak in 2000-02 to see the connections to earthquakes, volcanoes and wars.

We are in a solar minimum phase right now, which would normally last until the end of the decade. The next solar maximum is predicted for 2012. Now, this certainly puts a sharp edge on the end of the 5th Sun prediction. It would appear the ancient solar priests were aware of this double conjunction, the sunspot peak and the second leg of the Venus Transit both occurring in the same year.

Looking at a graph of sunspot activity over the past 300 years what jumped out was the fact 1960 was the peak. Sunspot peaks have actually been declining in each succeeding 11-year cycle since then, from over 200 down to about the 150 range. Oddly enough, the last two peaks have been mirror images of each other. There was a dramatic increase in earthquakes and volcanic eruptions from 1990-92 and again in 2000-02. In terms of the human sphere we witnessed attacks on the World Trade Centre and Bush I & II go to war against Iraq.

The wild cards in this next cycle are the Transits of Venus. We have never gone through a Venus Transit since the advent of our ‘electromagnetic’ civilization. The last transit was in 1882 and Mt. Krakotoa erupted in that year.

My theory on the transit is that it disrupts the normal flow of energy, the solar wind and other energies the Sun transmits to the Earth. We already know solar flare-ups disrupt radio-telecommunications and even power transmission. If my take on the ancient perception of Venus is correct, we are in for some nasty surprises in the coming eight-year cycle.

Normally, the solar minimum period from now until 2010 would be a fairly calm time with few natural disasters and little social unrest. However, the transit may change that scenario. We can surely count on the years from 2010-2012 being intense and chaotic. We have been very lucky so far because none of the huge earthquakes have hit major cities. If the 9.2 quake that hammered Alaska last year had struck Los Angeles, the American economy would have gone in the tank and taken the global system with it.

We forget how interconnected we are today. My own forecast for this period includes a radical increase in paranormal events, UFO sightings and even miracles. The world is going to be transformed and that process is already underway.

The unity of all life in the cosmos and the fact the Universe is teeming with intelligent beings on many worlds will be an undeniable reality by 2012. We will know the truth of the ancient mysteries and also experience the reality of being spirits in a material world.
[link to www.bibliotecapleyades.net]

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I dont want to write a book - and I will post what I want to.

Hi Angelseverywhere - Happy incoming Equinox to you

This is a Cresent Moon La Solar Spice Worm --- :laumonk:

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Actually its a SUPER PROMINENCE from today sun pics [link to www.spaceweather.com]

PRIME CUTS

A great and beautiful thread, Dances. Thank you!

Intresting thankyou

Is that you - Divine Miss D ? Love to you

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Magnetism Facts


1.All magnetic fields are produced by moving or spinning charged particles...somewhere
2.Lines of magnetic force do not actually exist.
3.Magnetic poles always come in pairs.
4.The strongest magnetic field in nature is from the magnetar star SGR 1806-20, which has been estimated as 800 trillion Gauss.
5.A typical galaxy like the Milky Way has a magnetic field strength of about 0.000003 Gauss.
6.A refrigerator magnet has a strength of 100 Gauss.
7.A sunspot can have a magnetic field with a strength up to 10,000 Gauss, but they live very short lives!
8.Most magnetic storms on Earth happen during the Equinoxes in March and September
9.The sun's magnetic poles flip their location on the sun every 22 years, called the Hale Magnetic Cycle.
10.Earth's magnetic poles reverse their geographic locations every 300,000 years. The last event happened 780,000 years ago.
11.Magnetic pole 'reversals' have no effect on the rotational poles of a star or planet.
12.The geographic location of Earth's North Magnetic Pole is currently moving nearly due-North at a speed of 100 meters per day.
13.Earth's magnetic field is declining in strength by 5% every century.
14.Depending on your rate and direction of motion, a pure magnetic field can be turned into an electric field and vice versa.
15.Magnetic fields and electric fields are aspects of a more basic field in nature called the electromagnetic field.
16.A toy magnet produces more force on a paperclip than the entire mass of Earth through its gravity.


SPACE WEATHER FACTS

1.Solar flares can sometimes heat the solar surface to temperatures of 80 million F - far hotter that the sun's core!
2.The fastest coronal mass ejection was recorded on August 4, 1972 and traveled from the sun to earth in 14.6 hours - a speed of nearly 10 million kilometers per hour!
3.On April 8, 1947, the largest sunspot in modern history reached its maximum size of over 330 times Earth's area.
4.The most powerful solar flare in the last 500 years occurred on September 2, 1859 and was sighted by two astronomers who happened to be looking at the sun at exactly the right time!
5.Between May 10-12, 1999, the solar wind nearly vanished, causing Earth's magnetosphere to expand in volume by over 100 times!
6.A typical CME can be millions of kilometers in size, but have the mass of only a small mountain!
7.Some sunspots are cool enough that water vapor can form at a temperature of 1,550 C.
8.The most powerful aurora can generate over 1 trillion watts of power.
9.The March 13, 1989 Quebec blackout, the result of a major geomagnetic storm, caused a $6 billion loss to the Canadian economy.
10.During intense solar flares, astronauts see bright flashing streaks of light as a result of high-energy particles zipping through their eyeballs.
11.The largest, single, challenge for astronauts traveling to Mars will be to overcome exposure to solar storms and radiation.
12.Space Weather Forecasting costs only $5 million a year, but supports over $500 billion in annual revenue from the satellite and electrical power industries.
13.Over $2 billion in satellite technology was damaged or destroyed during the last sunspot cycle.
14.A major solar 'superstorm' such as the one in 1859 could cost $30 billion a day to the US electrical power grid, and up to $70 billion to the satellite industry.
15.The August 4, 1972 solar flare was so powerful that, by some estimates, a spacesuited astronaut would have received a lethal does of radiation.
16.Earth's climate was seriously chilled during the Maunder Minimum (1645-1715) when no 11-year sunspot cycles were detected.
17.During a single second, the sun converts 4 million tons of matter into pure energy.
18.The core of the sun is nearly as dense as lead, and has a temperature of 15 million C.
19.During a severe solar storm, Earth loses about 100 tons of its atmosphere into space.
20.Toy 'rare-earth' magnets can be 5 times stronger than a sunspot magnetic field.
[link to sunearthday.nasa.gov]

V407 of Cygnus
The March 2010 Unprecedented
Stellar Explosion in Cygnus


An Astronomical & Astrological Exploration
Nick Anthony Fiorenza
Copyright © 2010 Nick Anthony Fiorenza, All Rights Reserved

The Astronomy & Astrology of V407 Cygni's Stellar Explosion


V407 Cygni is a "symbiotic variable" star, which are close interacting binaries (pairs of stars) usually containing a red giant star and a hotter, smaller white dwarf star. Binaries often orbit a common center of gravity and nest inside a shared nebulosity of stellar dust.
An unusually bright and unexpected outburst from what was thought to be a rather mundane and slightly variable star in the constellation Cygnus was detected by two Japanese astronomers, Koichi Nishiyama (Fukuoka, Japan) and Fujio Kabashima (Saga, Japan), in images taken on March 10, 2010 (10:48 UT). An independent discovery of this outburst was also made by Tadashi Kojima. This indicates a slow nova outburst that may have been in progress since 1936. This article explores the timely discovery and significant placement of V407 in Cygnus and sidereal Aquarius.

A Nova or any type of stellar explosion, such as that occurring with V407 of Cygnus, brings attention to, excites, and energizes the zodiakal longitude of the stellar burst. V407 Cygni lies in the northern heavens along the galactic equator just past the primary star, Deneb, of Cygnus (06° 31' past Deneb and 01° 30' south of Deneb, in ecliptical longitude and latitude). This close proximity to Deneb brings a significant emphasis to the astrological qualities of Deneb of Cygnus.

Lying in the northern heavens upon the galactic equator we find Cygnus the Swan, also called the Northern Galactic Cross. Deneb, tail of the swan, is the principal star of Cygnus and marks the top (head) of the northern galactic cross. Like Sadr, heart of the swan, Deneb lies along the galactic plane, but is quite close to the most northern point along the galactic plane--the primordial origin--which marks the location of Earth's pole at the start of Earth's ~25,000-year precessional cycle. This is a point of unity consciousness in the "evolutionary cycle of the soul," which is created by Earth's precessional cycle. This is where Earth's pole lies at rest, infused in the plane of galactic light. Deneb is the first primary star that Earth's pole encounters as Earth's pole lifts itself from its slumber in Earth's precessional cycle. It thus is the messianic head of the precessional Cycle of the Holy Cross--of the evolutionary cycle of the soul. Administrative Deneb, a star more than a hundred times the diameter of our Sun, with a very high luminosity, governs the first of the seven heavens (evolutionary epochs) in the Earth's precessional cycle. Deneb embodies our unadulterated androgynous pure soul essence before fragmentation into race, sex, or creed. Deneb inspires us to stand in the awareness of our pure soul essence, in this wholeness and to participate from the maturity of unity consciousness, unbiased and beyond the segregations and categorizations common to modern-day mass-consciousness.



The zodiacal longitude of V407 Cygni enters sidereal Aquarius at the "Angel Point" of the zodiak--the center of the sidereal sign of Aquarius. V407 Cygni exactly conjoins Hydor and Lambda of Aquarius. It also conjoins the very southern star Alpha Hydra.

Aquarius is of vision and creativity, revolutionary and unpredictable, original, eccentric and innovative. Aquarians support "the future well being of Humanity." They are visionaries seeking to support humanitarian pursuits especially in the arts and sciences, an evolved societal structure, that which the nourishing flowing waters of the Waterbearer are intended.

V407 Cygni's zodiacal longitude emphasizes the essence of revolutionary and humanitarian Aquarius. Hydor, Lambda Aquarius, lies in and guides the stream of the flowing waters of the humanitarian waterbearer. Hydor (which simply means water), like the stars of the urn from which the waters flow, Sadalmelik, Sadachbia, Seat, Zeta and Eta, is a star of fortuity. This zodiacal location is also related to Varuna, goddess of the water's of life, and who invites us to allow nature's way to weave its course. Directly conjoining Hydor of Aquarius is Alpha Hydrus (not to be confused with Hydra). Classically, Alpha Hydrus is the tail of Hydrus, yet some modern renderings show it as the head. Hydrus is a very southern constellation, lying at the south ecliptic pole. As such, it is of the soul collective's fundamental essence--a protogenoi of life, specifically the fundamental nourishing primordial waters from which life emerges. Alpha Hydrus articulates our fundamental basic needs of life--that which the entire human family requires for its basic existence--the needs of the people to live--that which should be denied to none.

V407 Cygni's longitude also lies exactly between the Perihelion of Orcus, one of our newly discovered planets (compliment to Pluto), which lies in Pegasus, and the exalted zodiacal location of Neptune in Aquarius. Thus, V407 Cygni also resonates with the astrological qualities of Neptune and Orcus.
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Illustration: V407 Cygni Nova
An artists rendering of a symbiotic recurrent nova.
Image credit: David A. Hardy & PPARC
(The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council).
PPARC and CCLRC recently merged to form the "Science and Technology Facilities Council" U.K.

V407 Cygni is a "symbiotic variable" star, which are close interacting binaries (pairs of stars) usually containing a red giant star and a hotter, smaller white dwarf star. Binaries often orbit a common center of gravity and nest inside a shared nebulosity of stellar dust.