Space watch

[lenardthefast]

Here is some more astronomical haps that may be of interest.

Space Weather News for April 7, 2004
http://spaceweather.com

AURORA WATCH: A coronal mass ejection (CME) hurled into space by a
solar
explosion on April 6th is heading in the general direction of Earth.
Sky
watchers should be alert for auroras when it arrives, probably during
the
early hours of April 8th UT (for North Americans, that means during the
night of April 7th).

Earth is already skirting through a solar wind stream flowing from a
coronal hole on the sun. Because of this, geomagnetic storms and
auroras
are likely, off and on, for the next few days. The best displays will
be
at high latitudes--e.g., Canada and Alaska. When the incoming CME
arrives,
auroras could descend to lower latitudes, too.

Visit Spaceweather.com for updates.

ISS FLYBY: And while you're visiting, be sure to check out a remarkable
movie of the International Space Station passing almost directly in
front
of the planet Saturn. It was recorded by a German amateur astronomer
earlier this month.

Namaste,
Leonard

[dharma]

Thanks Leonard! http://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/I_Ching_community/clipart/happy.gif

[gene]

Normally, there is a cycle of solar flares every eleven years. Right now we are having a "second" cycle, in the sense that we are having solar maxims within a couple of years of the normal maxim around the year 2000/2001. This may be the "two suns" that Nostradamus spoke of. "And there shall be signs in the heavens..."

Gene

[lenardthefast]

More pretty things to watch for in the sky...

Earth is passing through a stream of dusty debris from Comet Thatcher, the source of the annual Lyrid meteor shower. The best time to look is
during the hours before dawn on Thursday, April 22nd, when the shower peaks.

Lyrids appear to stream from the vicinity of the bright blue star Vega in the constellation Lyra high in the northern sky. This is not an intense
shower, but some years it is pretty: northern sky watchers typically see between 5 and 25 meteors per hour.

Visit Spaceweather.com for more information and a sky map

Namaste,
Leonard

[lenardthefast]

A gathering of planets...and so much more!

good things in the sky (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/21apr_planets2.htm?list1156032)

Namaste,
Leonard

[lenardthefast]

Space Weather News for July 19, 2004
http://spaceweather.com

The sunspot number soared this weekend when new sunspot 652 emerged over the sun's eastern limb. This active region is big, about the size of
the planet Jupiter, and easily seen from Earth.

Warning: Don't look directly at the sun; doing that could blind you. Instead, try the safe solar
observing techniques described at spaceweather.com.

With the emergence of sunspot 652, there are now two regions on the sun that pose a threat for strong solar flares (sunspot 649 is the other
one).

High levels of solar activity are possible this week.

Namaste,
Leonard

[lenardthefast]

NASA Science News for July 20, 2004

A cutting-edge Apollo 11 science experiment is still running today, 35 years after astronauts left it behind in the Sea of Tranquility

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/21jul_llr.htm?list1156032


Through volunteer translation, at least some Science@NASA stories are
translated into 9 languages. Learn more at
http://science.nasa.gov/OtherLanguages.htm

Namaste,
Leonard

[gene]

Leonard

There is a lot of talk about the weather on Whitley Streiber's unknowncountry.com. The weather really is getting worse. The recent weather movie that was out, can't think of the name, is based on the book by Streiber and Bell. This scenario is real, it is about to happen again, and there are already many signs that the situation is starting to develop. The North Atlantic current that normally brings cooler waters to the southeastern united states is not flowing as it has in the past. That means we are likely in for major, major hurricanes in the next few years. There has been heavy rain in certain parts of Canada, and strange weather in parts of Europe and the U.S. I can't say exactly what is going to happen or when, but we can be sure, we are in for major weather changes as the sunspots get worse. Right now we should typically be in the time period where sunspot activity is shallow, but we are not. Five years from now, approximately, will be the next time for major sunspot activity. If an x class flare actually hits the earth, life on this planet will change very, very dramatically.

Major Ed Dames, the retired military remote viewer, believes that the space shuttle will soon be brought down due to meteor showers. He believes after this happens, solar flares will begin to hit the earth. I can't say whether he is right or not, but if he is, we are in for a whale of a ride.

See thekillshot.com

Gene

Gene