Showing posts with label Sun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sun. Show all posts
Thursday, August 1, 2024

The Tropics Defined: Sun Directly Overhead on July 31 in Punta Cana DR

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July 31, 2024  12:30 Local Time Check out the shadow at my feet.  The sun is directly overhead.  This happens here on July 31, shortly after...
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Friday, May 10, 2024

A = 97 K = 9

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Monday, August 14, 2023

You have heard of the International Geophysical Year (IGY). But have you heard of the IQSY?

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  International Quiet Sun Year.  1964-1965.  Yes, that was a thing.  
Monday, June 26, 2023

The Carrington Event and the Current Solar Cycle (Solar Max "Sooner and Stronger")

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  From the article:  "Sunspot activity has increased dramatically in early 2023, with sunspot numbers far exceeding NASA's predicti...
Thursday, June 23, 2022

WIRED on the Dangers of another Carrington Event, Solar Cycle 25, Capacitors Could Save Us All

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This Wired article has some really interesting info on competing theories about the solar cycle, about the danger to the Earth from solar fl...
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Saturday, June 12, 2021

Good News! The Termination Event May Be Coming Soon! Solar Cycle 25 Could Rival Cycle 19!

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Wow.  Cycle 25 might be as good or better than Cycle 19.  Pete cut his radio teeth on Cycle 19.  I was born during that cycle.  Let's ho...
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Saturday, August 1, 2020

SolderSmoke Podcast #224: Mars. Spurs. Bikes. SDR. NanoVNA. Antuino. MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast #224 is available: http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke224.mp3 1 August 2020 --The launch of Perseveranc...
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Thursday, December 12, 2019

NOAA Prediction for Solar Cycle 25

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A peak sunspot number of 115 might seem paltry, until you remember that we are at ZERO now.  https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/solar-cycl...
Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Transit of Mercury, 11 November 2019, and a Transit of Venus and Some Sunspots from 2012

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Above:  Transit of Mercury, November 11, 2019 as I saw it from Northern Virginia using a 4.5 inch reflector with image projected onto a...
Monday, October 14, 2019

The First Sunspots of Cycle 25 -- Explained by Space Weather Woman (Video)

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Dr. Tamitha Skov explains how Cycle 25 has begun while Cycle 24 is not quite finished.  She has a very clear way of presenting the space ...
Tuesday, November 13, 2018

1972 Solar Flare Caused Naval Mines to Explode

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There are reports out this morning that a big solar flare in 1972 caused naval mines placed by the U.S. off the coast of Vietnam to explode....
Sunday, August 20, 2017

Pre-eclipse Solar Observation

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I'm not sure if I'll be able to get a look at the eclipse tomorrow -- I'll be at work,  and in any case Washington DC will ...