I saw the Nobeyama radioheliograph image of the flare. Sincerely, Gary Vardon see my website www.wealthbuiler.wwdb.biz use gary1234 as the id -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Fisher Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 3:58 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Prominence sunspot alert

From another newsgroup. If there is a break in clouds tomorrow, pulling out the PST for a peak may be an idea. - Kurt

========================================== Space Weather News for Dec. 31, 2007 http://spaceweather.com SOLAR ACTIVITY: The New Year could begin with a bang--or rather a solar flare. A sunspot hidden just behind the sun's eastern limb has unleashed two X-ray flares and a bright CME (coronal mass ejection) in the past 24 hours. This activity could signal the return of large sunspot 978, which has spent the last two weeks transiting the far side of the sun. Today or tomorrow, the sun's rotation should carry the active region over the limb and into view from Earth; then we can evaluate its potential for more flares and CMEs. Visit http://spaceweather.com for images and updates. _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com