[SCCC] Fw: [NCCC] Sun activity

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Frostholm" <bob at ko6lu.com>
To: <nccc at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 4:43 PM
Subject: [NCCC] Sun activity


>
> SOLAR EXPLOSION: Yesterday, Oct. 27th, something exploded on the far
> side of the sun. The blast hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) over
> the sun's western limb where the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
> caught it in flight:
>
> <http://www.spaceweather.com/images2008/27oct08/cme_c3_strip3.gif?PHPSESSID=15rk96mch58krk011vaqklst83>
> []
>
> <http://www.spaceweather.com/images2008/27oct08/cme_c3_strip3.gif?PHPSESSID=15rk96mch58krk011vaqklst83>Click
> to launch a 0.3 MB movie
>
> The CME was not aimed at Earth (for the record, it is heading in the
> general direction of Saturn), so there will be no space weather
> consequences for our planet. What caused the explosion? Possibilities
> include a farside sunspot or a collapsing magnetic filament. Whatever
> the source, it was a break from the relentless calm of recent months.
> The sun is alive, after all.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Bob
> KO6LU
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