Sol (Sun) and its phenomena
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This is exactly what I was looking for, for the explanation of what happened to comet Halley in 1991. Thank you Gaby!
A kick from the solar wind as the cause of comet Halley's February 1991 flare
KNOWLEDGE of the interaction of comets with the solar wind was greatly advanced during the 1986 passage of comet Halley, which was studied in situ and by remote sensing more thoroughly than any previous comet flyby. Of particular interest and novelty was the large flare that Halley was seen to produce on 12 February 1991, when it was 14.3 AU from the Sun and 18° below the ecliptic plane. There have been further outbursts, most recently on 17 March. We note that the Sun has been unusually active in recent months, and suggest that a shock wave, generated by the solar flare and propagating through the interplanetary medium, could have caused the comet to flare. For example, we show that a solar flare on 31 January could plausibly have produced a shock wave that would have reached Halley on 12 February, and would have been sufficiently strong to crack the comet's crust of fluffy ice.
A kick from the solar wind as the cause of comet Halley's February 1991 flare - Nature
KNOWLEDGE of the interaction of comets with the solar wind1,2 was greatly advanced during the 1986 passage of comet Halley, which was studied in situ and by remote sensing more thoroughly than any previous comet flyby3,4. Of particular interest and novelty was the large flare5 that Halley was...www.nature.com
Good job for keeping up with this! All eyes open, because notice how nearly everyone is ignoring the comets from the equation, when it is actually the most discharging elements in the solar system. Planets in orbits being pretty stable, all things considered, even with special alignments and what not. Galactic surges is another thing, but we'll see.
Yes, people don't pay much attention to those "fluffy ice balls". And speaking about alignments, one thing that was interesting to me was that they mentioned the position of comet Halley when that outburst occurred. They said that it was 18° below the ecliptic plane. Well, C's talked about this 18° in relation to Earth:
Perhaps just as Earth has these four cosmic puncture points at 18 degrees, the Sun also have them, and perhaps that outburst of energy of the Sun happened at the moment that the comet Halley reached one of them and made a connection with the Sun.
So perhaps it is not just about 2D alignments but 3D as well. Perhaps some other comet is discharging the Sun right now at one of those cosmic puncture points at 18 degrees.
Northern lights dazzle US, Europe amid intense solar storm
An intense geomagnetic storm triggered the possibility of northern lights being sighted across Canada and the northern half of the United States on Monday night, along with parts of Europe, including Germany, Switzerland and Ukraine. 'Rare'...
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GEOMAGNETIC STORM UPDATE: Minor (G1) to strong (G3) geomagnetic storms are underway on Jan. 20th as Earth moves through the wake of a super-fast CME that struck on Jan. 19th. Peak storm levels on Jan. 19th almost reached category G5 (extreme), and there have been several episodes of G4 (severe) since the CME arrived. High-latitude sky watchers should remain alert for auroras during the night of Jan. 20-21. Aurora alerts: SMS Text
BIG AURORAS--ESPECIALLY IN EUROPE (UPDATED): Yesterday's CME impact was perfectly timed for Europe. The severe (G4) geomagnetic storm began just after nightfall in the EU, while the New Moon provided dark skies for long-exposure photography. This photo from Brittany, France, sums it up:
"A fantastic show--unbelievable in France!" says photographer Alexandre Croisier, who positioned his camera on the beach near the Lighthouse of Pontusval. "The auroras were visible to the naked eye with nice green and red colors."
There was a good show in Germany, too. "You could almost read a newspaper. The landscape was incredibly bright!" says Heiko Ulbricht, who sends this picture from Landberg Hill in Saxony:
"Extremely bright, green bands stretched all the way across the zenith," he says. "It was incredible."
The light show was also seen in Spain, Austria, Romania, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, Latvia, Croatia, Norway, Ireland, Denmark, England, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Iceland and the North Sea.
After the show ended in Europe, it continued in the USA with auroras descending as far south as Alabama, Georgia, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Stay tuned for a recap.
If some people would love to see the Northern Lights, at least virtually, there are the cameras on the Ventusky weather service network.
Büdelsdorf in Norther Germany presents you with a view, where there are both the greens and the reds.
It may be that the Northern Lights further North are more frequent, but where might one find the most beautiful?
Büdelsdorf in Norther Germany presents you with a view, where there are both the greens and the reds.
It may be that the Northern Lights further North are more frequent, but where might one find the most beautiful?
Thank you Gaby for keeping us up to date with this and also in connecting the dots. Also hattip to @Persej for expanding on the comet connection and the quote from the C's.
We had fog where we live so no chance of seeing the auroras. Having seen the Southern auroras in Tasmania around the beginning of 1990, I know that it is a sight to behold.
We might get many more opportunities in the times ahead if a cosmic rebalancing is in store.
A commenter on X made the connection with this massive plasma influx could change our DNA. He said that the this energy is information and thus might change our DNA. It was interesting to hear that from someone who is not on the Forum or at least as far as I know.
We had fog where we live so no chance of seeing the auroras. Having seen the Southern auroras in Tasmania around the beginning of 1990, I know that it is a sight to behold.
We might get many more opportunities in the times ahead if a cosmic rebalancing is in store.
A commenter on X made the connection with this massive plasma influx could change our DNA. He said that the this energy is information and thus might change our DNA. It was interesting to hear that from someone who is not on the Forum or at least as far as I know.
Just saw that the plane carrying Trump had an electrical problem and returned to Washington, where he boarded another plane.
Trump’s flight to Davos turns back after ‘electrical issue’
US President Donald Trump’s plane is returning to Washington after an “electrical issue” on board, the White House has said
Perhaps due to this latest cosmic electrical outburst and if so, then interesting that is was the plane carrying Trump. Like a cosmic calling card sending a message.
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Persej mentioned on the private board that comet 24P/Schaumasse, which made perihelion with the sun on January 8th, was last here on Laura's birthday (February 1952).
Same comet is in the vicinity, along with Jupiter and Comet 3I/Atlas
Thought I mentioned that
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In this week's presentation by James McCanney, he is sure that the solar flare and high energy auroras (red), were due to 3I Atlas interacting with Jupiter. In general, I don't recommend him because his lone ranger attitude has failed him in tuning his reading instrument. I like his rants though. Not knowing how big the comet nucleus of 3I/Atlas is, he thinks there might be a great show in store for the close approach between the comet and Jupiter. If it's 8 km (according to the Cs), it shouldn't have the gravitational forces to pull up a show, though. It might discharge the solar capacitor though.
I would rather favor a combined show thanks to 24P/Schaumasse and 3I/Atlas, and their interaction with Jupiter and the Sun, as one of the reasons why the sun is so active.
This alignment coming up tomorrow is important, but we'll see:
Sun in yellow, Mars in red, Venus in light blue and Mercury in Orange:
24P/Schaumasse - Wikipedia
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During the 1951-1952 apparition, the comet was brighter than expected, reaching a magnitude of about 6 in February.
Same comet is in the vicinity, along with Jupiter and Comet 3I/Atlas
Thought I mentioned that
.In this week's presentation by James McCanney, he is sure that the solar flare and high energy auroras (red), were due to 3I Atlas interacting with Jupiter. In general, I don't recommend him because his lone ranger attitude has failed him in tuning his reading instrument. I like his rants though. Not knowing how big the comet nucleus of 3I/Atlas is, he thinks there might be a great show in store for the close approach between the comet and Jupiter. If it's 8 km (according to the Cs), it shouldn't have the gravitational forces to pull up a show, though. It might discharge the solar capacitor though.
I would rather favor a combined show thanks to 24P/Schaumasse and 3I/Atlas, and their interaction with Jupiter and the Sun, as one of the reasons why the sun is so active.
This alignment coming up tomorrow is important, but we'll see:
Sun in yellow, Mars in red, Venus in light blue and Mercury in Orange:
I haven't said that.
That comet visits us every 8 years. It was just the brightest at that time. Just like the Sun was very active that year for some reason.
As represented in the illustration, and interpreted as poetry, it appears as a cross.Sun in yellow, Mars in red, Venus in light blue and Mercury in Orange:
Sun could be what Christians celebrate on Sunday, which is Domingo. In Spanish and Portuguese that is the day of the lord. Alternatively it could be self, consciousness.
Venus, emotion and love.
Mars could be action, energy, which in some situations means conflict
Mercury, intellect and communication.
One astrologer wrote that for people with Sun in Aquarius:
As a symbol it might express interaction between self and intellect, as well as between emotion, love and energy, action. At the same time, there are the other links in the square of the four bodies and what they represent.
Update on the auroras spotted on the evening and night of January 20-21
From one X channel, they had a map, that showed the places where the Auroras showed up in parts of Europe:
Yesterday when I found one camera on Ventusky, I thought there might be more, but some cameras do not work at night, or only in black and white, or they are turned in the wrong direction, have low resolutions, do not cover much of the sky, or alternative they cover too much and poorly, so that it looks like one is looking from inside a ship cabin below the deck, if not even below water.
That said, here are two more:
In Norway, on the west coast just below the arctic circle, there is from Vega 1:
Some of the other images from Vega 1 had more reddish tones, but greenish dominates. The camera at Vega 1 is facing the southern direction, more or less. This can be verified by scrolling back over a 24 period and observe were the Sun is or where it shines from. In this case, the Sun rises to the left and sets to the right, or right of right, beyond the edge of the picture.
Süderlügum in northern Germany, perhaps 60 km north of the camera in Büdelsdorf, which gave the pictures posted in the previous post, also captured the display last night. The Süderlügum camera was turned towards the North. The resolution was not optimal, but better than black and white. The red is more prominent in Süderlügum than in the images from Vega 1 in Norway.
The greenish tones lower in the horizon on the German images might be what shows up on the camera in places like Vega 1 when looking south. The difference in latitude is about 10 to 11 degree. This amounts to roughly 1100-1200 km.
The above images were from last night, will there be anything January 21-22? Maybe.
Spaceweather.com reports:
The link to the SMS is advertisement, but we can wait and see, what shows up, if anything.
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