Sunday, April 26, 2009

Space Weather: Sunset Conjunction


SUNSET CONJUNCTION: When the sun goes down on Sunday, April 26th, step outside and look west. An exquisitely-slender crescent Moon is lining up with Mercury and the Pleiades star cluster for a three-way conjunction in the sunset sky. Click here for the full story and a sky map.

UNEXPECTED SOLAR ACTIVITY: The sun produced an unexpected burst of activity on April 23rd when an enormous prominence rose over the northeastern limb and erupted. A coronal mass ejection (CME) billowed away from the blast site, but the billion-ton cloud is not heading toward Earth. Visit Spaceweather for movies of the event.

1 comment:

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Crescent Moon, Mercury and the Pleiades - what does it all mean from a point of view of arthritis - will it get better or worse? And financials? And love life?

Ehehe. Anyway, it was a nice picture.