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Sun's storms set to intensify
The Gympie Times ^
| 7th July 2009
| Rebekah Polley
Posted on 07/07/2009 2:29:50 PM PDT by Squidpup
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To: Squidpup
Sunspot 1024 is currently quiet and now consists of 2 main spots. It appears the chances of stronger solar flares is fading.
They don't seem to be too panicked at solarcycle24.com.
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:41:26 PM PDT
by
Excellence
(Meet your new mother-in-law, the United States Government)
To: Squidpup
Who writes this CRAP? It's reminiscent of a 6th grader, who was like, you know, walking, and like the Sun, was like shining, and my sentences and thoughts are very short because like, I'm thinking about global warming and like, wow!
The Wappa Falls Observatory is in the process of installing a new 12 inch telescope which will allow a greater view of the sky.
Ooooo! A 12 incher! None of my astro-buddies has one that small.
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:42:03 PM PDT
by
MarineBrat
(The New York Times is a Communist Kamikaze.)
To: flash2368
“”I dont know who wrote this hogwash but it is absolute BS on a Solar magnitude.””
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Prolonged Sunspot Drought Ends as New Spots Appear
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
After one of the longest sunspot droughts in modern times, solar activity picked up quickly over the weekend.
A new group of sunspots developed, and while not dramatic by historic standards, the spots were the most significant in many months.
“This is the best sunspot I’ve seen in two years,” observer Michael Buxton of Ocean Beach, Calif., said on Spaceweather.com.
Solar activity goes in a roughly 11-year cycle. Sunspots are the visible signs of that activity, and they are the sites from which massive solar storms lift off.
The past two years have marked the lowest low in the cycle since 1913, and for a while scientists were wondering if activity would ever pick back up.
The new set of spots, named 1024, is kicking up modest solar flares.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530275,00.html
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:42:06 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
To: flash2368
Is there really enough parallax between N.A. and Australia that a spot is only viewable from the Southern Hemi? Seems like a hoax.
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:44:51 PM PDT
by
JTHomes
To: flash2368
That was my hunch - trying to mess with those of us who have some clue about the sunspot-solar wind-cosmic ray-cloud formation-climate dynamic...
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:45:10 PM PDT
by
piytar
(Take back the language: Obama axing Chrystler dealers based on political donations is REAL fascism!)
To: Squidpup
The sun is dead, long live the sun!
Their imagination is intensifying, is that what they mean?
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:47:07 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
To: P-Marlowe; Squidpup
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:48:04 PM PDT
by
xzins
(Chaplain Says: Jesus befriends those who seek His help.)
To: Squidpup
3-day Solar-Geophysical Forecast issued Jul 06 22:00 UTC
Solar Activity Forecast: Solar activity is expected to be very low with a chance for an isolated C-class flare.
Geophysical Activity Forecast: Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet levels during days 1 - 2 (07 - 08 July). Activity is expected to increase to quiet to unsettled levels on day 3 (09 July) due to an increase in solar wind velocities associated with a favorably positioned coronal hole.
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:48:09 PM PDT
by
thinking
To: JTHomes
Not even close to enough.
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:48:32 PM PDT
by
piytar
(Take back the language: Obama axing Chrystler dealers based on political donations is REAL fascism!)
To: MarineBrat
Most ‘journalist’s’ science education consists of watching “Back to the Future”.
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:48:34 PM PDT
by
Carl LaFong
(Experts say experts should be ignored.)
To: flash2368
This is such a strange story. Why all the hyperventilating about a sunspot?
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:50:20 PM PDT
by
frithguild
(Can I drill your head now?)
To: dragnet2
So “modest” has become the new mega?
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:51:01 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
To: Bigh4u2
FM calling channel. I remember working CA from TX on a handi-talky on 5 watts.
/johnny
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:51:10 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(God Bless us all, each, and every one.)
To: Squidpup
Oh my god. We are all going to die.
One "supposed" crises passes without the promised death and devastation so the logic must be - therefor - that the next made up crisis MUST be going to be much worse.
Remember this - we must be scared otherwise there is no reason to vote Democratic.
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:52:45 PM PDT
by
jongaltsr
(Hope to See ya in Galt's Gulch.)
To: Squidpup
The sun is such an attention hog. Always up there in the sky shining garishly with its spots and flares, crying out, “oh look at me, I’m sooo much better than you.” What an ego...
To: xzins
Sunspot groups 1024 developed over the 4th of July weekend, and while it did not create any historically spectacular fireworks, it has been kicking up modest solar flares. Credit: SOHO/MDI
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090706-sunspot-activity.html
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:53:57 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
To: piytar
So it’s either misreported (shouldn’t science beat reporters at least know something about science?) or this is B.S.
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:54:52 PM PDT
by
JTHomes
To: flash2368
I think their excitement over receiving the 12 inch telescope might provide some answers...
hh
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:55:29 PM PDT
by
hoosier hick
(Note to RINOs: We need a choice, not an echo....Barry Goldwater)
To: editor-surveyor
You’ll have to check with the author for that question.
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:56:09 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
To: dragnet2
So, as this article seems to indicate, this is not the baddest of the sunspots ever?
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posted on
07/07/2009 2:56:24 PM PDT
by
xzins
(Chaplain Says: Jesus befriends those who seek His help.)
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