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Posted by Apparently Apparel in Alternative, Daily News, Hot Headlines, Solar Activity An impressive coronal mass ejection (CME) was observed in coronagraph imagery today following a large prominence eruption off the west limb. The widescale plasma cloud does not appear to have an Earth directed component due to its non geoeffective positioning. Had this been directed towards Earth, major geomagnetic storming would have been likely.  Below is an up close and personal look at sunspot cluster 2422 as we head into Wednesday. The active region maintains a complex magnetic configuration with a number of relatively small delta zones present. C-Class and isolated moderate M-Class flares will be possible during the next 24 hours with a smaller threat for a major X-Class event. All imagery courtesy of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) using the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) instrument. In addition to Sunspot 2422, a large prominence is currently in the process of lifting off on Wednesday morning. Should a coronal mass ejection (CME) be associated, it will likely be directed away from Earth. Still a great looking event courtesy of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) using the 304 angstroms channel.
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Posted by Apparently Apparel in Alternative, Daily News, Solar Activity, Hot Headlines CHANCE OF FLARES: NOAA forecasters estimate a 70% chance of M-class solar flares and a 25% chance of X-flares on Sept. 30th. The likely source would be giant sunspot AR2422, which has an unstable 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field. Radio blackouts and radiation storms are possible if the sunspot explodes. UNSTABLE PROMINENCE: If sunspot AR2422 does not explode today, something else might. A spectacular prominence is dancing along the western limb of the sun:  Randy Shivak took the picture from his backyard observatory in Prescott Valley, Arizona. "The prominence is huge, and seems to be lifting off the solar surface," he says.
Prominences are clouds of hot plasma held above the sun's surface by solar magnetic fields. The magnetic infrastructure of this prominence appears to be connected to an active sunspot (AR2423) just behind the sun's western limb. If that sunspot flares, it could destabilize or even destroy the prominence. Amateur astronomers with solar telescopes are encouraged to monitor developments.  Solar wind flowing from the indicated coronal hole should reach Earth on Sept. 26-27. Credit: SDO/AIA.
Posted by Apparently Apparel in Alternative, Daily News, Hot Headlines, Solar Activity
NO IMPACT: A CME that might have sideswiped Earth's magnetic field on Sept. 23rd did not. It missed. As a result, geomagnetic activity is low as northern fall begins. The next chance for auroras is Sept. 25-26 when a high-speed stream of solar wind arrives. Aurora alerts: text or voice SUPERMOON ECLIPSE: This weekend's full Moon is a supermoon, the biggest and brightest full Moon of the year. And it is going to be eclipsed. On Sunday evening, Sept. 27th, the supermoon will pass through the shadow of Earth, turning the lunar disk a coppery shade of red. Click on the image, below, to view an animation of the eclipse and to find out when to look: 
UPCOMING: On Sept. 27th, the Harvest Moon will pass through the shadow of Earth, turning the lunar disk a lovely shade of celestial red.Catch it live on the Internet, courtesy of the Coca-Cola Space Science Center in Columbus, Georgia.
For reasons researchers don't fully understand,auroras love equinoxes. At this time of year even a gentle gust of solar wind can spark a bright display. Tomorrow, Sept.23rd, is the northern autumnal equinox. Perfect timing: a CME is expected to deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field on Sept. 23rd. The impact will probably be weak, but on the first night of autumn, weak may be strong enough. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for equinox auroras. And no - there will be no comet impact tomorrow. Every night, a network of NASA all-sky cameras scans the skies above the United States for meteoritic fireballs. Automated software maintained by NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office calculates their orbits, velocity, penetration depth in Earth's atmosphere and many other characteristics. Daily results are presented here on Spaceweather.com. On Sep. 22, 2015, the network reported 19 fireballs so far. (AA) 7:30 PST Multiple earthquakes, not just one, have hit Chile in the town of Illapel. One Chilean resident reports: I'm Chilean and I live 3 hours from the epicenter (a city called Illapel), and aside from the scared people on the streets (I was downtown heading home from work) nothing else mayor happened, not even a power cut. We're so used to this here that the we have earthquakess resistant structures and the people know what to do, is in our culture now (we learned the hard way in 2010). There's not going to be a Tsunami, just a lot of violent waves in the coast, but the evacuation is part of the normal procedure. The only mayor problems are happening in the epicenter, Illapel, there's one confirmed deceased person for now. Another person in the area reported massive shaking: 50 miles from my house. Felt like the house was going to come down.. We have had several aftershocks so far.. For years, Youtuber Dutchsinse has provided coverage of such events, and has been featured on Apparently Apparel numerous times.
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