Subj : Space Weather
To   : All
From : Roger Nelson
Date : Wed Oct 02 2013 10:17:05

 COMET ISON FLYBY OF MARS:  Today, October 1st, Comet ISON will fly by Mars at 
a distance of only 0.07 AU. Red Planet satellites and rovers have a ringside 
seat for the flyby, and they will be snapping pictures despite a shutdown of 
the US government. (Apparently, Curiosity has been designated "essential 
personnel.") Scroll past the Magnificent Eruption for more information.
 
 INCOMING CME, CHANCE OF STORMS:  NOAA forecasters estimate a 45% chance of 
polar geomanetic storms on Oct. 2nd when a CME is expected to hit Earth's 
magnetic field. SOHO photographed the CME leaving the sun on Sept. 30th 
traveling 900 km/s (2 million mph):
 
The CME was hurled into space by the eruption of a magnetic filament from the 
sun's northern hemisphere. One movie from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory 
shows the event in the context of the whole sun. Another movie zooms in for a 
closeup. It shows the filament ripping through the sun's atmosphere and leaving 
behind a beautiful "canyon of fire."
 
Forecasters expect the CME to deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetosphere, 
sparking G1- to G2-class geomagnetic storms around the poles. High-latitude sky 
watchers should be alert for auroras on Oct. 2nd and 3rd.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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