KOYAANISQATSI Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 My fault for asking, I suppose Not at all; if you don't ask, you wont learn nuthin... It just depends who you ask I suppose... The timing of the CME so soon after the comet dove into the sun suggests a link. But what? There is no known mechanism for comets to trigger solar explosions. Before 2011 most solar physicists would have discounted the events of Oct. 1st as pure coincidence--and pure coincidence is still the most likely explanation. http://spaceweather.com/ CMEs tend to pop up a lot for the sun grazers Snowballs with perfect theatrical timing? Perhaps. or Electric Sun, electric comets? A predictable and expected feature in an electric universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOYAANISQATSI Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 http://oi54.tinypic.com/15g2m8w.jpg Just to make this clear; since I've mentioned it before...The Space Weather quote on the CME being a coincidence; is from the 4th October.This..."As a comet and the Sun try to balance out each others charge, CMEs tend to pop up a lot for the sun grazers" was from the29th September; the day before the spectacular coincidence of that comet and the ensuing CME. "The classic test of a theory, is its ability to predict." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Inky Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 ^^^Coronal mass ejections happen every 3-5 days. It's not exactly a wild co-incidence that one happened around the same time as this comet disintegrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 It depends really on the sun cycle. This may explain it better than I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneyrubble Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 Ony forecast for Shetland next week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 All set for the Draconid meteor outburst :- http://spaceweather.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Thought we were in for a show tonight but just high cloud http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb479/beenister/nightsky.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyKipper Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Just a thought, for those who are interested in seeing the northern lights. How about, setting up a a group, somehow, where one person sends a text message to 2 people, and those people each send it to 2 people etc. That way every gets a message about it and no one has the cost of more than 2 messages. A H O B C I J P Q D E F G K L M N R S T U A H and O would get the ball rolling texting their groups, ideally they would be north, south and middle of the islands. One of the lower tier in each group, who would have no one to text, should text the leader of a different group in case they missed it and failed to tell their group. So D could tell H, K could tell O and R could tell A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogling Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 "ORIONIDS: The Orionids peak occurs on 21/22 October 2011 just after the last quarter Moon (32%), with the Moon rising a little after midnight, just as the meteor shower radiant is gaining height. This year the peak is estimated at 21:00 Universal Time on October 21st. Due to the position of the Moon when the radiant is gaining height at it's peak the conditions of the Orionids aren't that optimal. Be smart and go to a high position one or two hours before the Moon rises and enjoy the ZHR rate of about 30 of this meteor shower. Enough to spend a good old night of excitement and counting. TIMING: Go outside, find a dark spot and look north-east near the constelation of Orion for the Orionids radiant. The best time to view the Orionids is from around midnight to dawn. They are fast and sometimes bright with some trains. You should be able to see 30 streaks an hour or more during the peak. The Orionids meteor shower is active from the 15th October to 29th October with fewer activity either side of the peak time." http://www.astronomylive.com/event/orionids-meteor-shower-15-october-2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 ^ Good link mogling, will have to keep my eye going, I've signed up with these people for e-mail alerts on the geomagnetic activity. :-http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/alerts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 Braw styooch in da Ness sky danicht :-http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb479/beenister/nbc2.jpghttp://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb479/beenister/nbc1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unlinkedstudent Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudden Stop Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Spaceweather is forecasting a good chance of Aurora activity tomorrow night (28th). Now, hopefully the cloud cover will decrease before then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Fine to be able to put your head outside the door again. The moon and Jupiter tonight :-http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb479/beenister/jupiter2.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 I've been wondering what the bright light below the moon is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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