A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) hit Earth's magnetic field on May 10th, setting off the biggest geomagnetic storm in almost 20 years-an extreme, category G5 on the NOAA scale, storm. It is subsiding now currently category G4, but it is not over as more CMEs are expected to hit Earth's magnetic field during the next 24-48 hours, and they could push the storm back to extreme levels. For more information checkout spaceweather.com. Here are some pictures taken with an iPhone. Aurora often just looks green to the human eye, requiring a camera to reveal the beautiful reds.
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In Kaleden, at one point, we could see greens and bright pinks with the naked eye. Such an amazing experience!
Incredible!
Awesome 👍
The Sun is very active. This shot was taken at the Tabke Mountain Star Party at Eden Valley WA on 11 August 2023 with an H-Alpha filter.
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Incredible!
I wonder IS it possible to come on FRIDAY to observe. It’s my husbands 73rd. It would be a nice outing. And exhilarating to see the stars form you observatory
As we approach solar max, the Sun has been very active. This image was taken on March 5th, 2023 at the Arizona Sky Village near Portal AZ, by Ajai Sehgal and Jack Newton using Jack's Coronado H-Alpha solar telescope. This is a composite of 500 video frames taken using a ZWO planetary color camera.
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amazing, thanks for sharing!
Messier 13 - The Great Cluster in Hercules, also known as NGC 6205 or the Hercules Globular Cluster, is a globular cluster of several hundred thousand stars in the constellation of Hercules. It was discovered by discovered by Edmond Halley (of Halley's Comet fame) in 1714, and later cataloged by the comet hunter Charles Messier in 1764 on his "Messier list of objects to not mistake as comets". This color image is a composite of exposures taken the week of August 15th, 2022 at AMO with our 0.5m custom built folded Newtonian telescope. #astronomy #astronomyphotography
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Magical; like glass beads sharp.
M-101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy 21 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781 and was communicated that year to Charles Messier, who verified its position for inclusion in the Messier Catalogue as one of its final entries. This image was taken with a ZWO ASI071-MC camera on a 6” Astrophysics refractor at the 2022 Table Mountain Star Party in Eden Valley WA with 400 minutes of exposure.
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Bear this is what I was talking about
amazing!
Karen Goodfellow is this your neighbour? Is it open to the public?
A powerful X1-class solar flare from sunspot AR2887 has created a massive eruption on the Sun. The explosion has created a massive plasma storm in the sun's atmosphere, along with a coronal mass ejection that is very likely heading for Earth, potentially arriving on Halloween. We may see lower latitude aurora activity while trick or treating! For more information, check out spaceweather.com :
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That’s amazing!!!
For the first time in 4 years, the Sun is very active with Solar Cycle 25 well underway. In the last week, we have been missed by no fewer than 3 coronal mass ejections (CMEs). On Sept. 8th, and explosion from sunspot AR2864 resulted in yet another CME which could produce auroral activity the night of Sept. 11th. Read more about it and see the awesome pictures on Spaceweather.com:
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Sunspot number: 85 What is the sunspot number? Updated 08 Sep 2021 Spotless Days Current Stretch: 0 days 2021 total: 56 days (22%) 2020 total: 208 days (57%) 2019 total: 281 days (77%) 2018 total: 221...0 CommentsComment on Facebook