Geomagnetic Storm We Don't Need.

[BingBong]

Kp Index at 8/9 here in the UK right now - time to check for auroras.

 

[Flatfish]

I love this webcam. I can keep an eye on my boat and watch out for auroras

 

[georged]

I knew that Sol was pretty huge in human terms, but a few months ago I was reading an article which included a "throwaway statement" that light from the Sun's poles (and I guess all around the edge of the solar disc) takes 10 minutes to reach the earth, as opposed to 8 minutes for light from the center.

That's ^^^^ just getting started...

Read this chart from left to right, top to bottom, like a written page.

The last star is the first star in the next comparative block.

 

[BingBong]

Framlingham, Suffolk UK tonight

 

[woodsroad]

Was this post unintentional?
Or did you planet like that?

 

[BingBong]

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I love this webcam. I can keep an eye on my boat and watch out for auroras

That looks pretty amazing.

 

[JoeW]

The aurora app started warning me already at 3:30 PM that we might get autora tonight. That immediately told me what the weather forecast would be: cloudy.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Pfft. All this jibber jabber about suns and planets and space and giantness. Psshaw it’s all fake news. You Neanderthals, don’t you know we live on a disk and the universe revolves around us????? You swim too far east or west and you’ll fall off this globe!

 

[WirelessSmoke]

The storm is certainly being heard on the HF (shortwave) radio bands tonight. All kinds of interesting sounds and propagation. Causing some disturbances, but worth it when you get a rare photo opportunity.

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[kcghost]

This weather crap is wearing me out!!

 

[georged]

That's ^^^^ just getting started...

Read this chart from left to right, top to bottom, like a written page.

The last star is the first star in the next comparative block.


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For anyone who didn't want to mess with the math, the above chart means if the Earth's sun was the size of a men's regulation basketball, the largest star we know about---which is almost certainly not the largest there is---would be over a quarter mile in diameter.

Put still another way, if the largest star was a meatball, it would be more than Sasquatch could eat in a single sitting.