The halo of the huge coronal mass ejection on September 5, as seen by NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft. The CME occurred on the far side of the sun.
NASA/STEREO AHEAD COR2
Posted on 09/08/2022 11:56:18 AM PDT by BenLurkin
An enormous explosion erupted from behind the sun on Monday, and scientists think its source could be rotating toward the Earth in the coming days.
On September 5, NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft recorded a significant coronal mass ejection (CME)—an eruption of plasma and magnetic activity from the sun's atmosphere—that occurred on the far side of the sun.
Since the CME did not occur in the direction of Earth, scientists spotted it by its "halo," a giant shockwave that could be seen from Earth's position on the other side of the sun.
The halo of the huge coronal mass ejection on September 5, as seen by NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft. The CME occurred on the far side of the sun.
NASA/STEREO AHEAD COR2
Most CMEs are not strong enough to cause any disruption that the public will notice, but particularly strong CMEs are possible.
While the September 5 CME is not expected to cause any problems on Earth, it's possible that its suspected source—a huge sunspot known as AR3088, might.
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Maybe an aurora soon ping
“scientists think its source could be rotating toward the Earth in the coming days.”
Should we stay logged in?
We’ve had clouds and rain here for the last six or seven days. Last night when I went out at 0130 the sky was beginning to clear to the south. The northern two-thirds of the sky was cloudy.
The “dog days” didn’t come in August, the whole month was unusually sunny here. I think the last week was delayed “dog days.”
can’t find anything on line about it..just asking a question.
Clint Howard could not be reached for comment.
If you have Google Earth, try View->Explore->Moon ...
Here's the Full Moon Atlas
Arizona State University has perhaps the best lunar imagery and science viewer I have seen. The "projections" selector (top left corner) gives different views including a 3D globe.
Search and you'll find lots of information
thanks...heard that there is a Russian transmitter on the dark side...
The Soviet space program was very active in sending robots to the Moon; they got the first images of the far side, among other things.
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