~Space Weather Update~ Solar wind stream should arrive end of March~ [1]

 

 

CELESTIAL TRIANGLE: They're at it again. Venus, Jupiter and the crescent Moon are in conjunction, forming a bright triangle in the sunset sky. On Sunday evening, March 25th, Alexandre Croisier photographed the trio from the Pointe of Dinan in Brittany, France:

 

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"They are easy to see with the naked eye," says Croisier, "and they look great through a telescope, too."

 

The triangle will appear again on Monday evening, March 26th, although the vertices will be shifted as the Moon glides from Jupiter to Venus. Observing tip: Look before the sky fades completely black. Bright planets are extra-beautiful when they are framed by twilight blue. Sky maps: March 25 [3], March 26 [4].

 

more images: from Petr Horálek [5] at Lichnice castle, Podhradi, Czech republic; from Sylvain Weiller [6] of Saint Rémy lès Chevreuse, France; from M. Raşid Tuğral [7] of Eymir Gölü, Ankara, Turkiye; from Piotr Potepa [8] of Torun, Poland; from Martin McKenna [9] of White Park Bay Beach, Antrim Coast, N. Ireland; from Stefano De Rosa [10] of Turin (Italy); from P-M Hedén [11] of Waldemars Cape, Stockholm Sweden; from Monika Landy-Gyebnar [12] of Paloznak, Hungary; from Roger Schneider [13] of Brugg Switzerland; from Szymon Seweryn [14] of Cracow, Poland; from Alan C Tough [15] of Elgin, Moray, Scotland; from Christophe Stolz [16] of Köniz, Switzerland; from Stephan Brügger [17] of Lübeck, Germany

Solar wind
speed: 352.4 km/sec
density: 6.5 protons/cm³
explanation [18] | more data [19]
Updated: Today at 1553 UT

X-ray Solar Flares
6-hr max: B4 1535 UT Mar26
24-hr: C1 0643 UT Mar26
explanation [20] | more data [21]
Updated: Today at: 1600 UT

Daily Sun: 26 Mar 12

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None of these sunspots pose a threat for strong solar flares. Credit: SDO/HMI

Sunspot number: 84
What is the sunspot number? [23]
Updated 25 Mar 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 25 Mar 2012

The Radio Sun
10.7 cm flux: 101 sfu
explanation [24] | more data [25]
Updated 25 Mar 2012

Current Auroral Oval: