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Title: Rick, Warm up your Coronado
Post by: Whitters on Jul 15, 2004, 06:55:00
Space Weather News for July 13, 2004
http://spaceweather.com

SOLAR ACTIVITY WATCH: The Sun has been mostly quiet for weeks, but this could soon change. One or more big sunspots are turning toward Earth, raising the possibility of solar flares, geomagnetic storms and auroras in the days and weeks ahead.
Title: Rick, Warm up your Coronado
Post by: Rick on Jul 15, 2004, 22:09:00
Took a look yesterday evening - some little spots and a couple of prominent filaments, one almost a quarter of the Sun's diameter long. Some activity creeping round the edge too.
Title: Rick, Warm up your Coronado
Post by: Rick on Jul 17, 2004, 00:43:00
...but yesterday evening it was cloudy, and this evening doesn't look any more promising.