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| SpaceWeather |
We had two X-class flares yesterday ~ X2.19 followed shortly by X1.02:
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| SpaceWeatherLive |
The gif above is the X2.19, and here's an image of the X1.02:
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| The Sun Today |
This resulted in a gargantuan CME.....
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| SpaceWeather |
....which will hurl massive amounts of Cosmic Plasma at our Planet....and Comet A3 Atlas! That's its dazzling tail at the right side of the gif above as it makes its way towards our Sun. Please visit SpaceWeather for more details.
Back to that colossal CME....look at that wave!
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| SpaceWeather |
So that will be yet another display of Aurora Borealis to come. Thanks to SpaceWeather again, we can admire the current round of display here.
Solar storm-wise, this has been happening:
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This current storm phase took its time in arriving, and then seemed to pull back briefly before resurging again. It's been quite drawn-out though.....can I get some sleep, please? 😁
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| Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) on September 30, 2024from Tivoli Astro-Farm, Namibia. |
Finally, more links for details about Comet A3 Atlas:
https://starwalk.space/en/news/c2023-a3-tsuchinshan-atlas-next-comet-visible-from-earth-2024
https://theskylive.com/c2023a3-info
https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/destinations/north-america/tsuchinshan-atlas-comet/
https://www.timeanddate.com/news/astronomy/comet-tsuchinshan-atlas-2024
It looks like Comet A3 Atlas is expected to put on quite a show in our evening skies.
As exclaimed previously, it's all happening this month!
Namarie! 💙
