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~Space Weather Update~ A Medium Solar Wind Stream~ 377 Wind Speed [1]

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Submitted by Lia on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 07:16

THE MOON AND MARS: Mars is approaching Earth for a close encounter in March. Start looking for the Red Planet now: Tonight it is shining brighter than a 1st-magnitude star beside the waning full Moon. The [2] view [3] through a backyard telescope is dynamite: sky map [4].

 

AURORA WATCH: A medium-speed solar wind stream is blowing past Earth and sparking auroras around the Arctic Circle. Last night in Muonio, Finnland, tour guide Antti Pietikäinen made a snow angel--then hopped up and took this picture:

 

[5]

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I took a group 20 km from Hotel Harriniva to find a clear sky," says Pietikäinen. "As soon as we reached a nearby lake, the show was on! Auroras mixed with full moonlight gives some really unique photos."

More lights are in the offing. NOAA forecasters estimate a 40%

chance of polar geomagnetic activity during the next 24 hours as the solar wind continues to blow. Aurora alerts: text [6], voice [7].

 

 

 

 


 


Solar wind
speed: 391.2 km/sec
density: 0.2 protons/cm3

explanation [8] | more data [9]
Updated: Today at 1454 UT


X-ray Solar Flares
6-hr max: C1
0933 UT Feb09
24-hr: C1 0933 UT Feb09
explanation [10] | more data [11]
Updated: Today at: 1500 UT



Daily Sun: 09 Feb 12


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A new sunspot is emerging at the circled location. Credit: SDO/HMI



Sunspot number: 28
What is the sunspot number? [13]
Updated 08 Feb 2012

Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 0 days
2012 total: 0 days (0%)
2011 total: 2 days (<1%)
2010 total: 51 days (14%)
2009 total: 260 days (71%)
Since 2004: 821 days
Typical Solar Min: 486 days

Updated 08 Feb 2012

The Radio Sun
10.7 cm flux: 97 sfu

explanation [14] | more data [15]
Updated 08 Feb 2012



Current Auroral Oval:

[16]

Switch to: Europe, USA, New Zealand, Antarctica
Credit: NOAA/POES



Planetary K-index
Now: Kp= 1 quiet
24-hr max: Kp= 2
quiet
explanation [17] | more data [18]


Interplanetary Mag. Field
Btotal: 7.1 nT
Bz: 5.4 nT north

explanation [19] | more data [20]
Updated: Today at 1456 UT



Coronal Holes: 09 Feb 12


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Solar wind flowing from this coronal hole should reach Earth on Feb. 10-11. Credit: SDO/AIA.

 

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[1] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/space-weather-update-medium-solar-wind-stream-377-wind-speed
[2] http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Efrain-Morales-Rivera-Mars_02_02_2012_0607ut-T-EMr_1328494179.jpg
[3] http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Troy-Tranter-Mars-4-2-12-1528-ut_1328435118.jpg
[4] http://spaceweather.com/images2012/09feb12/skymap.gif?PHPSESSID=gagkq3vj5nc4nt88obdq022073
[5] http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Antti-PietikAcinen-_MG_2806_1328742706.jpg
[6] http://spaceweathertext.com/
[7] http://spaceweatherphone.com/
[8] http://spaceweather.com/glossary/solarwinddata.html
[9] http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ace/MAG_SWEPAM_24h.html
[10] http://spaceweather.com/glossary/flareclasses.html
[11] http://www.sec.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_5m.html
[12] http://spaceweather.com/images2012/09feb12/hmi4096_blank.jpg?PHPSESSID=gagkq3vj5nc4nt88obdq022073
[13] http://spaceweather.com/glossary/sunspotnumber.html
[14] http://www.ips.gov.au/Educational/2/2/5
[15] http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/f10.gif
[16] http://www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap/gif/pmapN.gif
[17] http://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/kp.html
[18] http://www.sec.noaa.gov/rt_plots/kp_3d.html
[19] http://spaceweather.com/glossary/imf.html
[20] http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ace/MAG_24h.html
[21] http://spaceweather.com/images2012/09feb12/coronalhole_sdo_blank.jpg?PHPSESSID=gagkq3vj5nc4nt88obdq022073
[22] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/category/type-post/galactic-free-press/ground-crew-updates