Solar Activity

I am starting this new thread in order to tell the forum of the state of the sun.

1752 was the last time the sun went through a maximum energy thrust--the sun will repeat this during 2013.

The 'Arora Borialis' has again been seen as far south as 'california' and the southern equivalent as far north as 'Cape Town'

If you are interested in this -then I will keep you updated via NASA and other scientific institutes!

The current 'weather' anomolies around the world 'MAY' be a part of this--it has not yet ben proven or disproven!

PPLLnL

Peter

Yes I think you are right. I'd be interested in updates.

Keep going,Peter.



Joanie

thanks p


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Sunspots AR1542 and AR1543 now have beta-gamma magnetic fields that harbor energy for M-Class Solar Flares!!!!

Peter

The 'Solar Wind' from a 'Coronal Hole' on the surface of the Sun should reach Earth on August 19/20.

Solar Wind is a 'geomagnetic energy' not heat!

Will this have an effect on the weather patterns around the world in the days following August 19/20?????

PPLLnL

Peter

Maybe the magnetic fields will start affecting our moods again.

The sun is a perfect sphere - Too perfect. The sun is more spherical and more invariable than theories predict. The 11-year solar cycle swoops between peaks of intense magnetic activity — apparent as sunspots, coronal loops and flares — and relative quiescence, when the sun's face is free of blemishes. New research shows that despite this tumult, the sun remains remarkably constant in its globular shape — findings that have left researchers scratching their heads. Earth's closest star is ONE OF THE ROUNDEST OBJECTS HUMANS HAVE MEASURED. If you shrank the sun down to beach ball size, the difference between its north-south and the east-west diameters would be thinner than the width of a human hair. "Not only is it very round, but it's too round."
Scientists have long tried to assess the sun's shape, in part because understanding its structure would help them predict when a flare might shoot toward Earth and disrupt communication satellites and power grids. Measuring the orb has been tricky, however, and no two observations have matched exactly. Researchers accounted for the discrepancies by assuming the sun's figure varied with the solar cycle. In the last two years, the sun's activity has exploded after a long period of relative quiescence, giving researchers an opportunity to watch the evolution of the solar cycle. Previous instruments for observing the star were mostly ground-based, and thus had to peer through the blur of Earth's atmosphere. Researchers may have thus measured atmospheric changes correlated with the solar cycle and not changes in the star itself.



Peter

Very interesting, Peter. I'd never thought of the Sun being totally spherical.

A 'Coronal' hole on the Sun's surface is turning to face Earth.

A stream of 'Solar wind' flowing from the coronal hole should reach earth on August 26/27.

Peter

may i ask Peter what does it mean that a solar wind reaches earth? does it mean it is going to be more hot at one place or another? and if yes where? or it has to do with other things?
sorry have no clue on the topic


s

The most visible effect is on the Northern lights and their Southern counterprt.

The Geomagnetic activity of recent months has meant they have been seen as far south as California. In the past one would have to travel north of the arctic circle to view them. This year they have been brighter and as already mentioned much further south.

My interest at the moment is to study the periods of high geomagnetic force to see if this affects weather patterns, volcanic activity and earthquakes.

It has been suggested that it also affects peoples moods????

Hope that helps.

PPLLnL

Peter

thanks


S

IONIZATION WAVES - Magnetic fields snaking around the sun's southeastern limb are crackling with C- and M-class solar flares. Extreme UV pulses from the flares are illuminating Earth's upper atmosphere, causing waves of ionization to ripple around the dayside of our planet. "The extra ionization altered the propagation of very low frequency radio signals around Northern Europe." More ionization waves are in the offing. NOAA forecasters estimate a 40% chance of M-class solar flares during the next 24 hours.


Peter

CHANCE OF FLARES: Sunspot AR1560 has more than quadrupled in size since August 30th, and now the fast growing active region is directly facing our planet: NOAA forecasters estimate a 40% chance of M-class solar fares during the next 48 hours.

Peter

MORE STORMING: Earth's polar magnetic field remains stormy and unsettled two days after the CME impact of Sept. 3rd. A moderately strong (Kp=6) geomagnetic storm is underway now, sparking bright auroras around the Arctic Circle.

SUNSPOT AR1564: The next strong flare could be just around the corner. Sunspot AR1564 is growing rapidly and has developed a 'beta-gamma' magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class flares. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory took this picture of the active region during the early hours of Sept. 4th: NOAA forecasters estimate a 40% chance of M-flares during the next 24 hours. Any eruptions will likely be Earth-directed as the active region is turning toward our planet.

So, Peter what happens with the sun creates certain weather conditions down here?

Hello Violet

We have a solar 'condition' that has not been around since the 1750's!

Many argue about the climate changing--is it we humans causing it--is it a natural cycle?

I personally think it is a bit of both(sorry those who think we do not have climate change are not following events!!) I am trying to see if peaks of 'GEOMAGNETIC FORCE' given off by the sun is creating weather anomalies. I am posting for others to follow--several minds are better than one.

Peter

Solar activity has been low for more than a week. This could change in the days ahead as a pair of active regions rotates onto the Earth side of the sun. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the signs of their approach during the early hours of Sept. 18th:

Plasma-filled magnetic loops towering more than 50,000 km above the sun's eastern limb herald the approach of the active regions, possibly turning a pair of flare centres toward Earth as the week unfolds. Amateur astronomers’ with backyard solar telescopes should train their optics on the eastern limb; solar activity is in the offing.

Peter

INCOMING SOLAR STORM CLOUD: Magnetic fields around sunspot 1577 erupted on Sept. 28th, hurling a coronal mass ejection (CME) almost directly toward Earth. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) recorded the cloud as it raced away from the sun faster than 2.2 million mph:

NOAA forecasters estimate a 50% chance of strong geomagnetic storms around the poles on Sept 30th when the cloud reaches Earth. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras, which might be intense enough to see in spite of the full moonlight.



Peter

Newly discovered Asteroid 2012 TC4 , 22 meters in size, will pass by earth on October 12th just 0.2 lunar distances away (1/5 of the way between the Earth and the Moon).
Meanwhile, newly-discovered asteroid 2012 TV was flying through the Earth-Moon system 0.7 lunar distances away (about 2/3rd of the way between the Earth and the Moon) on Sunday. The 40 meter-wide space rock is glowing like a 13th-magnitude star.

Not exactly 'Solar' but all the solar activity away from the earth at the moment. Apparently Venus has received a couple of solar flares since the start of the month.

Peter

GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY CONTINUES: For the third day in a row, geomagnetic storms are circling the poles. In North America, auroras have spilled across the Canadian border descending as far south as Utah, Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska.

Peter

sorry thought this week was supposed to be a quiet time.

ADVANCING SUNSPOTS: For the past two weeks, solar activity has been relatively low. Now, a change is in the offing. The farside of the sun is peppered with sunspots, and some of them are beginning to turn toward Earth.

Peter