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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2012 21:16:16 GMT
Full Moon Monday,1/9/12.
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Post by onlymark on Jan 7, 2012 21:32:22 GMT
The 1st of September 2012 is a Saturday.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2012 14:31:13 GMT
FULL MOON tomorrow night, Tuesday,2/7
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Post by Kimby on Feb 20, 2012 18:46:16 GMT
Northern lights have been seen as far south as Nebraska:
Not as spectacular as the higher latitude views, but still.
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Post by Kimby on Feb 24, 2012 23:33:34 GMT
from Spaceweather.com: WEEKEND SKY SHOW: When the sun goes down tonight, step outside and look west. Jupiter, Venus and the crescent Moon are converging for a beautiful three-way encounter in the sunset sky. Just hours ago, Rafael Schmall photographed the trio over Somogy, Hungary:From upper left to lower right, the lights are Jupiter, Venus, and the Moon--all three bright enough to beam through wispy clouds.
On Saturday, Feb. 25th, the line will collapse to form a skinny triangle. It happens again on Sunday, Feb. 26th, with shifted vertices. Try to look before the sunset sky fades completely black. Venus, Jupiter and the Moon surrounded by twilight blue is an especially beautiful sight. This is such a nice event, NASA has issued a news release and video about it.science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/17feb_winterplanets/
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 4, 2012 4:10:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2012 1:48:22 GMT
FULL MOON,Thursday,March 8
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Post by Kimby on Mar 9, 2012 15:59:00 GMT
Due to the big solar flareup, there are supposed to be northern lights visible at mid-latitudes this week, b Space Weather News for March 7, 2012 spaceweather.comSOLAR ACTIVITY: Big sunspot AR1429 has unleashed another major flare--an X5-class eruption on March 7th at 00:28 UT. As a result of the blast, a radiation storm is underway and a CME will likely hit Earth's magnetic field in a day or so. Geomagnetic storms are already in progress at high latitudes due to earlier eruptions from the active sunspot. Last night, auroras were spotted over several northern-tier US states including Michigan and Wisconsin. Check spaceweather.com for updates and images.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 5, 2012 13:51:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2012 21:02:21 GMT
Last night's moon,it'll be Full on Friday,Good Friday,4/6
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Post by Kimby on Apr 21, 2012 14:26:26 GMT
Space Weather News for April 21, 2012 spaceweather.com
LYRID METEOR SHOWER: The annual Lyrid meteor shower peaks this weekend on the night of April 21-22 when Earth passes through a stream of debris from ancient Comet Thatcher. Usually the shower is mild (10-20 meteors per hour) but unmapped filaments of dust in the comet's tail sometimes trigger outbursts ten times stronger. This year's peak coincides with a new Moon, so lunar interference will not be a problem. The promise of a good display has prompted NASA to plan an unusual 3D meteor photography experiment combining observations from the ground, a research balloon, and the International Space Station. More information, observing tips, and live audio from a meteor radar are available on today's edition of SpaceWeather.com
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2012 15:52:54 GMT
Once again Kimby,thank you for your valuable updates on these celestial events. I'm hoping it clears up sufficiently tonight for me to be able to see some of this. It does require being able to find somewhere dark enough though...
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Post by Kimby on Apr 23, 2012 19:35:47 GMT
Dark is relative. And now that the days are getting longer, real dark is "past my bedtime". So I didn't see them. The Perseids in August are a better bet as I'm likely to be out camping where it's really dark (unless the moon is fullish). And sleeping in a tent, I can usually count on one middle-of-the-night pee excursion out into the dark for meteor viewing.
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Post by imec on Apr 24, 2012 12:55:08 GMT
Posting this early as it requires some preparation and it will be the last time any of us will be able to observe it (unless any of you expect to live until 2117). The 2012 Transit of Venus
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Post by tod2 on Apr 24, 2012 15:29:32 GMT
Kimby - what a fantastic photo! Imec -Thank you so much for the heads up on Transit of Venus. We will be back just in time! Will be very dark and cold here.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 24, 2012 22:14:51 GMT
(tod, you do know that I did not TAKE that photo, don't you? Thanks anyway, though!)
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Post by Kimby on May 19, 2012 20:44:57 GMT
Eclipse tomorrow:
In the United States, the eclipse begins at 5:30 pm PDT and lasts for two hours. Around 6:30 pm PDT, the afternoon sun will become a luminous ring in places such as Medford, Oregon; Chico, California; Reno, Nevada; St. George, Utah; Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Lubbock, Texas. Outside the narrow center line, the eclipse will be partial. Observers almost everywhere west of the Mississippi will see a crescent-shaped sun as the Moon passes by off-center.
Because this is not a total eclipse, some portion of the sun will always be exposed. To prevent eye damage, use eclipse glasses, a safely-filtered telescope, or a solar projector to observe the eclipse. You can make a handy solar projector by criss-crossing your fingers waffle-style. Rays of light beaming through the gaps will have the same shape as the eclipsed sun. Or look on the ground beneath leafy trees for crescent-shaped sunbeams and rings of light.
From spaceweather.com
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2012 17:05:11 GMT
Did anyone get to see this? I was under the grave misconception that it was only visible in the West.
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Post by Kimby on May 22, 2012 17:14:14 GMT
Totality, the "ring" effect was only visible farther west than Montana. Partial eclipse more widely visible, mostly west of the Mississippi.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2012 17:40:42 GMT
Our part of the world was denied participation in this event, which is normal.
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Post by Kimby on May 31, 2012 17:13:05 GMT
Maybe you can watch the Transit of Venus between Earth and the Sun this week (As Venus approaches the sun for a much-anticipated transit on June 5-6, the second planet is turning its night side toward Earth. Seen through a telescope, all that remains of Venus is a vanishingly-slender crescent). Last chance for this century! (Just don't watch with the naked eye!)
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Post by Kimby on Jun 3, 2012 23:13:29 GMT
And there's a lunar eclipse sometime tomorrow. L UNAR ECLIPSE: On June 4th, the full Moon will pass through the shadow of Earth, producing a partial lunar eclipse visible across the Pacific side of our planet. The eclipse zone stretches from east Asia to central parts of North America. In the United States, the event is visible during the hours before sunrise on Monday morning. Check spaceweather.com for more information and updates. In the United States, the event is visible during the hours before sunrise on Monday morning. The eclipse begins at 3:00 a.m. PDT and reaches maximum at 4:03 a.m. PDT with 38% of the Moon's diameter in shadow.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 3, 2012 23:26:21 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 5, 2012 14:19:45 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Jun 5, 2012 19:14:27 GMT
Well I missed the lunar eclipse. Woke in time, but the moon was too low and behind trees, so didn't waste my time staying up to "watch" it.
Cloudy day today in Montana. No transit here.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 6, 2012 15:02:08 GMT
Cloudy day today in Montana. No transit here. Dang. Missed it. Will have to watch the next one. In 2117 AD.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jun 6, 2012 16:31:28 GMT
Did anybody watch the transit of Venus? It was cloudy here, we would only have seen the tail end of the transit as the sun was rising anyway. I saw the last one in June 2004 all the way through so I'm not toooo upset.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2012 17:32:54 GMT
I was just happy to see it on TV... for the last time of my life.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 8, 2012 14:56:46 GMT
Space Weather News for June 7, 2012 spaceweather.comHUBBLE TRANSIT OF VENUS: Transits of Venus are rare. Transits of Venus with the Hubble Space Telescope alongside are unprecedented. Astrophotographer Thierry Legault has captured a historic photo of Hubble crossing the face of the sun right beside the inky-black disk of Venus. It is highlighted on today's edition of spaceweather.com. The world's largest collection of Venus Transit images may be found in Space Weather's new realtime photo gallery: spaceweather.com/gallery/
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 9, 2012 3:04:30 GMT
That truly is exciting.
The photo gallery is something else -- wow!
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