Solar and Aurora Activity Chat

[Polar Maritime]

[Polar Maritime]

[Polar Maritime]

INTERPLANETARY SHOCK WAVE: An interpanetary shock wave possibly associated with the M5-class solar flare of May 17th swept past Earth on May 20th around 0200 UT. The shock's arrival caused geomagnetic activity around the poles, but so far no reports of high-latitude auroras. http://www.spaceweather.com/

[Polar Maritime]

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Eclipse from Taipei City, Taiwan

Solar Eclipse over Tokyo, Japan!

Edited May 21, 2012 by Polar Maritime

[Polar Maritime]

[Crepuscular Ray]

It has nothing to do with Nibiru or shifts in the Earth's axis of rotation - Nibiru does not exist and if it did it would have nothing to do with any eruptions on the Sun. The Sun's magnetic field is so strong that nothing that we can see between here and the orbit of Pluto - including the Earth - is large enough to have a visibly noticeable effect. Your Soho pictures are well out of date - Jupiter is not in field at the moment. I'd suggest that you take any information from a source who's grasp on science seems somewhat nebulous with a large pinch of salt.

[Methuselah]

Quite so, CR. There must be some scarily silly 'information' out there...

[Polar Maritime]

It has nothing to do with Nibiru or shifts in the Earth's axis of rotation - Nibiru does not exist and if it did it would have nothing to do with any eruptions on the Sun. The Sun's magnetic field is so strong that nothing that we can see between here and the orbit of Pluto - including the Earth - is large enough to have a visibly noticeable effect. Your Soho pictures are well out of date - Jupiter is not in field at the moment. I'd suggest that you take any information from a source who's grasp on science seems somewhat nebulous with a large pinch of salt.

There is no reference to Nibiru or the Earths axis of rotation having anything to do with the suns magnetic field in the posted video, All he is saying is that if Nebiru did exist the track of the eclipse would change, simple as that... Nibiru does not exist! As with the mistake that you point out regarding Jupiter...

NOON CONJUNCTION: Mercury, Jupiter and the Pleiades are converging for a beautiful three-way conjunction. Unfortunately, it's happening in broad daylight. The two planets and the star cluster are only a few degrees from the sun. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) photographed the encounter on May 22nd:

SOHO uses a coronagraph to block the glare of the sun, revealing what the human eye cannot see. Later today, Mercury and Jupiter will pass in the noon sky less than 1/3rd a degree apart. Join SOHO for a ringside seat. http://www.spaceweather.com/

In the coming days Jupiter will keep moving towards the right, and Mercury will move towards left. During the first week of June, Venus will also be visible in the SOHO LASCO C3 field of view. Venus transit will be seen during June 5^th and 6^th across the Earth.

Just to note, the guy who makes the video's that i post is a well respected NASA employee who contributed to getting the SOHO cameras up there.

I'd suggest that you take any information from a source who's grasp on science seems somewhat nebulous with a large pinch of salt. I have taken your comment on board with a large pinch of salt!

Edited May 22, 2012 by Polar Maritime

[karyo]

From spaceweather.com:

QUIET SUN: With no sunspots actively flaring, the sun's x-ray output has flatlined. Solar activity is very low, and likely to remain so for the next 24 hours.

Says it all really...

Karyo

[Polar Maritime]

I don't understand what you mean by "says it all really"

But anyhow.... yes as in the latest video i posted shows, the sun is quiet at this moment in time.

[skidders]

I don't understand what you mean by "says it all really"

But anyhow.... yes as in the latest video i posted shows, the sun is quiet at this moment in time.

I like his videos. In a couple now he has explained away a few anomalies that spawn some of these wild conspiracies. It's good to see the clear scientific explanations that help debunk them. Keep on posting them.

[karyo]

I don't understand what you mean by "says it all really"

But anyhow.... yes as in the latest video i posted shows, the sun is quiet at this moment in time.

I mean that the sun has been quiet for much of the time. Any active periods are short-lived!

Karyo

[Polar Maritime]

[Polar Maritime]

PURPLE SKIES: Earth is entering a high-speed solar wind stream, and this is causing geomagnetic activity at high latitudes. First contact with the stream on May 22nd turned the sky over Cumbria, United Kingdom, deep purple:

"The sky was bright because of twilight, but we could still see these faint auroras," says photographer Jon Cooper.

So far the solar wind has not caused a full-fledged geomagnetic storm, but this could change during the next 24 hours. NOAA forecasters estimate a 15% to 20% chance of storms around the poles as the solar wind continues to blow. http://www.spaceweather.com/

[weatherobsuk]

I'm not entirely convinced that purple hue was a Aurora, I say that as atmospheric pollution has built up during the past 48hr and I was looking in this direction myself last night at the same time and no visible Aurora, or even NLCs were about. Aurorawatch up in Cooktree also report minimal activity, with a positive +H (nt).

[Methuselah]

I'm not convinced either, S_J. Of all the auroras I saw from Scotland, none was that colour; all of thelow-down ones like that were green. Having said that, it is possible that the atmospheric pollution you mention has affected a genuine aurora?

[karyo]

Another quiet day!

QUIET SUN: With no sunspots actively flaring, the sun's x-ray output has flatlined. Solar activity is low, and likely to remain so for the next 24 hours.

The solar flux has dropped to 121

Karyo

[Polar Maritime]

[Polar Maritime]

CONTINUED QUIET: For the fourth day in a row, solar activity remains low. None of the sunspots on tthe Earthside of the sun pose a threat for strong flares. NOAA forecasters put the chances of an X-class eruption at less than 1%. http://www.spaceweather.com/

[karyo]

CONTINUED QUIET: For the fourth day in a row, solar activity remains low. None of the sunspots on tthe Earthside of the sun pose a threat for strong flares. NOAA forecasters put the chances of an X-class eruption at less than 1%. http://www.spaceweather.com/

Indeed! And the solar flux has fallen further: 117

Karyo

[Polar Maritime]

[Polar Maritime]

Edited May 25, 2012 by Polar Maritime

[Polar Maritime]

[Polar Maritime]

LIMB SHOTS: The sun's southeastern limb is hopping with activity. New sunspot AR1492, which just rotated onto the Earthside of the sun, is crackling with C-classsolar flares and hurling plumes of plasma off the stellar surface. Click on the image to set the scene in motion:

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the movie during the late hours of May 25th. According to the 3D Sun app, another active region is approaching just behind this one and could boost solar activity even more when it emerges in the days ahead. http://www.spaceweather.com/

[Polar Maritime]