Mercury passes below the sun as Antares exits stage right...

[MeteorWayne]

If you go here and select the Lasco/C3 animated gif (recommended for broadband users only; 36 Mb) you can see the brightest star in Scorpio heading left to right, as Mercury passes below the sun from right to left, as it passes behind the sun. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[michaelmozina]

For those of us us without a particularly"broad" broad band, fortunately there is a 2.5MB version as well:<br /><br />http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/LATEST/current_c3.mpg<br />http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mpeg/<br /><br /><br />What fascinates me the most in Lasco C2 and C3 images is the immense amount of material that we can observe flowing off the sun, particularly in the streamers. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> It seems to be a natural consequence of our points of view to assume that the whole of space is filled with electrons and flying electric ions of all kinds. - Kristian Birkeland </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

I love watching it.<br /><br />I check the C3 image every few days to see what sunspots are active, and to look for comets.<br /><br />The mpg image is OK for those that don't have broadband, but it's a shorter time interval.<br /><br />Since I can, I watch the full resolution gif image <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <br /><br />Edit, BTW, to the right of , and a little below Antares, M4 is clearly visible on the C3 image. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Hi thanks MeteorWayne,<br /><br />I like it. <br /><br />Sun, Mercury & Antares with M4.Thursday 6th December 2007.<br /><br />The moderately bright star at the top right at approx 11:00 position is Sabik / Eta Ophiuchi,<br />which funnily enough is also the North Polar star of the planet Uranus.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[commander_khashoggi]

WOW!!<br /><br />Amazing!<br />I'm definitely marking this thread as a favorite so I can check back frequently on these animated pictures.<img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p align="center"><font size="3"><font color="#339966">"<strong>If it's planned,</strong></font> <font color="#808080"><u>it's boring.</u>"</font><font color="#ff9900"> </font><font color="#ffcc33"><strong>- <em>Freddie Mercury</em></strong></font></font></p> </div>

 

[bearack]

On the 23rd, about 5 hours in, was that a huge solar flare?<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><br /><img id="06322a8d-f18d-4ab1-8ea7-150275a4cb53" src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/6/14/06322a8d-f18d-4ab1-8ea7-150275a4cb53.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" /></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Actually a very small CME (Coronal Mass Ejection).<br /><br />Let me see if I can find an old link to a big one. <br /><br /> Here's one <br /><br />Check out this page for some incredible CME and Flare movies. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[bearack]

WHOA,<br /><br />Some intence activity there. The 2000 event, was that when the East coast was hit? Don't remember off the top of my head.<br /><br />Tim <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><br /><img id="06322a8d-f18d-4ab1-8ea7-150275a4cb53" src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/6/14/06322a8d-f18d-4ab1-8ea7-150275a4cb53.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" /></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Not sure what you mean by "hit".<br /><br />Our most spectaular Aurora here in NJ for the last few decades was from the CME of Oct 30 2003.<br /><br />I have a CD of my live report on WCBS AM radio from that night. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[bearack]

When the power grid went down from the solar flare. Or was it Canada...... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><br /><img id="06322a8d-f18d-4ab1-8ea7-150275a4cb53" src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/6/14/06322a8d-f18d-4ab1-8ea7-150275a4cb53.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" /></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

IIRC, that was much earlier...1965? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[bearack]

Googles my freind. I'm not refering to the superstorm of 1859 but the one in 1989 and 2003. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><br /><img id="06322a8d-f18d-4ab1-8ea7-150275a4cb53" src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/6/14/06322a8d-f18d-4ab1-8ea7-150275a4cb53.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" /></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

1859?<br />WTH are you talking about there? <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />1989 was the one that took down the grid staring in Quebec? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[michaelmozina]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>Actually a very small CME (Coronal Mass Ejection).<br /><br />Let me see if I can find an old link to a big one.<br /><br />Here's one<br /><br />Check out this page for some incredible CME and Flare movies.<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />Ah, the good old days before the solar minimum..... <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> It seems to be a natural consequence of our points of view to assume that the whole of space is filled with electrons and flying electric ions of all kinds. - Kristian Birkeland </div>

 

[bearack]

<br />This<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><br /><img id="06322a8d-f18d-4ab1-8ea7-150275a4cb53" src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/6/14/06322a8d-f18d-4ab1-8ea7-150275a4cb53.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" /></p> </div>