The Doctor
9th March 2003, 03:36 AM
Space Weather News for March 8, 2003
More here :nod:
http://www.spaceweather.com
MARS: Mars and Earth are converging for an extraordinary close encounter later this year.
The approaching red planet is now brighter than a 1st-magnitude star--it's gliding through the star fields of Sagittarius in the morning sky.
JUPITER: The brightest "star" in the evening sky is Jupiter. This month the giant planet is gliding by the Beehive Cluster of stars in the constellation Cancer.
The view through binoculars is splendid! :xohyes:
COMET NEAT:
After a close encounter with the Sun last month, Comet NEAT
is emerging from the Sun's glare into the evening skies of the southern hemisphere.
Sky watchers in Argentina, Australia and New Zealand (among
other places) say the comet is dim yet visible to the unaided eye with a tail that looks nice through small telescopes and binoculars.
AURORAS: Solar wind gusts buffeted Earth's magnetic field last week and sparked auroras at high latitudes. The next series of geomagnetic storms could begin around March 15th.
:sunshine:
More here :nod:
http://www.spaceweather.com
MARS: Mars and Earth are converging for an extraordinary close encounter later this year.
The approaching red planet is now brighter than a 1st-magnitude star--it's gliding through the star fields of Sagittarius in the morning sky.
JUPITER: The brightest "star" in the evening sky is Jupiter. This month the giant planet is gliding by the Beehive Cluster of stars in the constellation Cancer.
The view through binoculars is splendid! :xohyes:
COMET NEAT:
After a close encounter with the Sun last month, Comet NEAT
is emerging from the Sun's glare into the evening skies of the southern hemisphere.
Sky watchers in Argentina, Australia and New Zealand (among
other places) say the comet is dim yet visible to the unaided eye with a tail that looks nice through small telescopes and binoculars.
AURORAS: Solar wind gusts buffeted Earth's magnetic field last week and sparked auroras at high latitudes. The next series of geomagnetic storms could begin around March 15th.
:sunshine: