Question: Why do most solar flares that may instigate auroral activity usually happen during full moon?
Karma? 2nd answer: blame Patrick. I really did not think the moon could affect solar activity. Its full tonight will we see Aurora? Lots of small prominences over about 75% of the solar circumference.
Much detail visible in the PST on the solar disk this afternoon, more than I've seen in a long time! Not all of it is associated with sunspot groups visible in white light (conventional solar filters).
The white-light view with the Baader filter is impressive, especially compared to last week's blank solar surface, but not nearly as active as the view in H-a. Even when the sun is pretty boring in white light, there's usually plenty of things going on in H-a.
Chuck's Advice Of The Day: Get thee a PST or better, if thy wallet allows.
Question: Why do most solar flares that may instigate auroral activity usually happen during full moon?
You can't blame the werewolves for this, Larry. I'm thinking government/alien conspiracy. Or maybe the Illuminati. Or the Brownies. Or Cosmopolitan magazine. Can't trust any of 'em. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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