Storms on Saturn and the Sun
Big Storm on Saturn: Did you get a telescope for Christmas? If so, point it at Saturn. A giant storm even brighter than Saturn’s rings is…
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Coronal Mass Ejection May Hit Earth – Aurora Alert
The solar eruption of August 7th might affect Earth after all. Newly-arriving data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) show a CME heading our way…
Read the article →Eruption on the Sun Sends CME Toward Earth (Aurora Alert)
During the early hours of August 1st, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded a complex global disturbance on the Earth-facing side of the sun. Most of the…
Read the article →Possible Aurora Alert for May 27th
A magnetic filament on the sun erupted yesterday (May 24th), and the blast hurled a coronal mass ejection in the general direction of Earth. High-latitude sky…
Read the article →Adding the Guide Scope
In order to use the LVI Autoguider I ordered recently, I needed to add a guide scope to my setup. When I ordered the EQ6 Pro…
Read the article →Big Sunspot Appears
The sudden emergence of big sunspot 1045 over the weekend has caused a sharp upsurge in solar activity. The active region has produced three M-class and…
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