Zeeks! With America’s Saturn Return 14Lib48 well underway into 2011, the planet of accountability, responsibility, authority, stability, and restriction is experiencing a time of unstable weather. Sound familiar?Space Weather News for Dec 28, 2010BIG STORM ON SATURN: Got a telescope for Christmas? Point it at Saturn. A giant storm even brighter than Saturn’s rings is raging through the planet’s
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SpaceWeather News: Lunar Eclipse Dec 21, 2010
Space Weather News for Dec 19, 2010LUNAR ECLIPSE: For the first time in many years, northern winter is beginning with a total lunar eclipse. On Dec 21, 2010, the date of the northern winter solstice, the full Moon will pass through Earth’s shadow, turning the lunar orb a delightful shade of coppery-red. Sky watchers in North America are favored with an overhead view as the eclipse unfolds on
New Comet glides by Saturn; Sunspot 1121 update
Space Weather News for Nov 8, 2010POSSIBLE COMET OUTBURST: A comet discovered just a few days ago by amateur astronomers in Japan is gliding by Saturn in the pre-dawn sky. Comet Ikeya-Murakami (C/2010 V1) is not visible to the unaided eye, but observers say it is a fairly easy target for backyard telescopes. Images obtained over the weekend reveal what appears to be an outburst in progress. The
Bright X-Ray Solar Flare from Sunspot 1121
Space Weather News for Nov 6, 2010BRIGHT SOLAR FLARE: Active sunspot 1121 has just unleashed one of the brightest x-ray solar flares in several years, an M5.4-class eruption at 15:36 UT on Nov 6th. Radiation from the flare created a wave of ionization in Earth’s upper atmosphere that altered the propagation of low-frequency radio waves. There was, however, no bright CME (plasma cloud) hurled in
It’s Orionid Meteor season! Oct 21 and 22, 2010
With the stars of the constellation Orion at the top of my natal chart and with Autumn being my favorite season, anything that involves Orion always claims my attention. In fact, many of my Cosmic and Moon Art illustrations have Orion tucked somewhere in the sky if you look closely!Space Weather News for Oct. 20, 2010SUNDIVING COMET: A newly-discovered comet is plunging toward the sun for a close
Draconids, Venus Rx, and the Green Comet! Oct 2010/11
Venus turning Rx on Oct 8, 2010 @ 13Sco13 isn’t all that’s hot in the heavens for Oct 8 is the annual date of the Draconid Meteor Shower:Space Weather News for Oct 8, 2010DRACONID METEORS: Every year around Oct 8, Earth passes through a minefield of dusty debris from Comet Giacobini-Zinner, source of the annual Draconid meteor shower. This year, forecasters expect Earth to narrowly miss several
Green comet’s close encounter w Earth Oct 20, 2010
Time to look up! And NASA is sending Deep Impact for a closer peek…Space Weather News for Oct 1, 2010APPROACHING COMET: Green comet 103P/Hartley 2 is approaching Earth for a close encounter on Oct 20th. At that time, the comet will be only 11 million miles (0.12 AU) from our planet and should be dimly visible to the naked eye from dark sky sites. It already looks great through backyard
Earth meets Jupiter (aligned w Uranus) 9.20/21.10
Midnight. Be There!Space Weather News for Sept. 20, 2010JUPITER AT ITS BEST: Tonight, Sept 20-21, Earth and Jupiter converge for their closest encounter in decades. The giant planet will soar across the sky at midnight, outshining everything except the Moon itself. Although big, bright Jupiter will remain close to Earth for weeks to come, tonight is the closest of all. Check SpaceWeather.com for