Space Weather Update (09Aug2010)SOHO shows CME To IMPACT EARTH 10 AUGUST 2010

INCOMING CME: The solar eruption of August 7th might affect Earth after all. Newly-arriving data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) show a CME heading our way with a significant Earth-directed component. Click on the image to launch a "difference movie" of the expanding cloud:

What's up in Space August 10, 2010




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EARLY PERSEID METEORS: The 2010 Perseid meteor shower is underway. "Last night I counted 28 Perseids between 1 am and 4 am--including this bright one zinging past Jupiter," says Pete Glastonbury of Devizes, Wiltshire, UK. Indeed, says Bill Cooke of the MSFC, "the meteor rate is getting so high that last night we captured two Perseid fireballs at the same time using our all-sky camera in Walker County, Georgia. The shower peaks on Thursday, Aug. 12th; these early reports are a promising sign of things to come. [live meteor radar] [2010 meteor counts]

INCOMING CME: The solar eruption of August 7th might affect Earth after all. Newly-arriving data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) show a CME heading our way with a significant Earth-directed component. Click on the image to launch a "difference movie" of the expanding cloud:



The impact of this lopsided CME probably won't trigger a major geomagnetic storm---but the SOHO data show it could be bigger than expected. High latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras when the cloud arrives probably on August 10th.


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[TuesdayisGone08]

@skybirdbird yes it does. I fig if it's aimed for us we might as well know what it sounds like! LOL

[skybirdbird]

@TuesdayisGone08 wow...sounds kind of like waves crashing...tkx

[TuesdayisGone08]

@skybirdbird go back to the site and on the right hand side look for archives then put in Aug 9, 2010 when the pg opens scroll down to listen in blue type. ; )

[skybirdbird]

@TuesdayisGone08 well...the first thing i did was go to the sight and saw nothing...now in looking at the vid more closely i see it there...but it is not there now...boo...if you find it again let me know!

[TuesdayisGone08]

@skybirdbird see in this video as he scolls down the page on Spaceweather dot (com) the blue letters that say Listen here--just go to the site and click there for the audio--and listen to the entire thing bc you can hear when it is closest to earth.

amazing times we are living in! Enjoy* we might as well. lol

[skybirdbird]

@TuesdayisGone08 no...where did you find that?

[TuesdayisGone08]

@skybirdbird did you go listen to that cme audio? I did. WOW.

[skybirdbird]

tkx.......

[xxhelenb24xx]

i heard its an m class and its meant to pass????