The faint full halo CME will reach us tonight - possible auroras will be visible. High probability of M and/or X class flares over the next 48 hours. It looks like there may be a solar flare in the works as the data seems to be spiking here in the last hour or so. Will update, if so. Anna

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs)

July 7: At least a partial halo CME was observed over the northern limbs and the north pole early in the day. The source of this CME is not yet obvious and may have been backsided.

July 4 and 6: No obvious fully or partly Earth directed CMEs were observed in available LASCO images.

July 5: A faint full halo CME was observed beginning at 16:18 UTC in LASCO C3 images when material was first observed over the southeast limb.

http://www.dxlc.com/solar/

Forecast

The geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet on July 7 becoming quiet to active on July 8-9 due to a weak stream from CH174 and possibly effects from a CME observed on July 5.

You can see the increase in Sunspot number over the last couple of days and the increase in solar flux as well. http://www.dxlc.com/solar/

http://www.lmsal.com/solarsoft/latest_events/gev_20050707_1607.html

Peace - Anna

by Mitch Battros – ECTV

Today’s sunspot count has jumped to 168. The Sun is peppered with spots covering most of the Earth facing surface. Sunspot region 783 poses the greatest threat of M-Class flares.

So what caused the Sun to suddenly act out? Well, we just don’t know. I am working feverously to find out. Everything I learn is being placed in the sequel book “Cosmic Rain”. This book picks up where “Solar Rain” stops. Now you can read all about how we have greatly enhanced our knowledge of what causes the extreme weather phenomena on Earth as it is directly connected to the Sun. ‘Solar Rain’ goes into great detail using 350 pages in sixteen chapters. Charts and color photos help make it an easier ready for those just learning about this incredible causal effect. By the time you finish reading ‘Solar Rain’, your very first question may be: “But what causes the “solar cycles”? In the sequel “Cosmic Rain”, we ex! plore GRB’s (gamma ray burst) Pulsars, Quasars, and assorted energy waves (plasma, magnetic, gravity) coming from the center of our galaxy (Milky Way) and near by Andromeda. This may in part be the source to what appears to be a natural rhythmic occurrence driving the Suns cycles. ‘Cosmic Rain’ due out next spring.

Today’s Sunspots: http://www.earthchangestv.net/images/july3sunspots.gif

Watch for sudden spikes in the X-Ray Flux:
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_5m.html

Then within 72 hours of the Flux, watch for a sudden spike in the Kp Index:
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/rt_plots/kp_3d.html


Equation:

Sunspots => Solar Flares => Magnetic Field Shift => Shifting Ocean and Jet Stream Currents => Extreme Weather and Human Disruption (mitch battros)

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/10jun_newstorm.htm?list82756


Informant: Tim Edwards

This observation - gamma burst affecting the sun - may be an important one.

Andrew Michrowski



ECTV/Breaking News - GRB s Responsible for Solar Extremes?

June 9th 2005

(excerpt)

EARTH CHANGES TV NEWSLETTER

GRB’s Responsible for Solar Extremes?

by Mitch Battros – ECTV

New studies suggest there may be a connection to GRB’s (Gamma Ray Burst) and the Sun’s cycles. As many of you know, I have turned my attention to research the source of the Sun’s cycle. Since I have concluded my studies on the Sun being the source of Earth’s cycles, the next logical question is what drives the Sun. Could it be some rhythmic event coming from our own galaxy as well as surrounding older “elliptical galaxies”?

In an article written by Joshua Bloom, astronomers have uncovered tantalizing insights into the origin of short gamma-ray bursts – mysterious, split-second high-energy flashes that have eluded detailed study until now. Unlike their long-duration cousins, which are known to arise when massive young stars die, short bursts are thought to occur when old, dense neutron stars collide

New evidence supports this distinct progenitor population, heralding the opening of a new chapter in the study of nature's most exotic explosions, according to Joshua Bloom, assistant professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, and lead author of the study.

The observations leading to this inference are being reported this week at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society and have been detailed in a paper submitted to The Astrophysical Journal.

At the heart of the results is the discovery that a new short gamma-ray burst called GRB 050509b, found by the Swift satellite earlier this month, was positioned near a bright, old galaxy called an elliptical galaxy.

The Orion Nebula is one of the most interesting objects in the sky. To the naked eye, it looks like a star in the sword of the constellation Orion, but with binoculars or a telescope, you can see that it is actually a large glowing cloud of material. This is believed to be a huge star formation region about 1630 light years away. The bright part of the nebula is the glow of many luminous, newborn stars shining on the surrounding gas cloud that they collapsed from.

The most important part of the Orion Nebula is the part we can't see: the opaque Orion Molecular Cloud. This is a huge clump of very cold gas that has a total mass of about 2000 times the mass of the Sun. The gas from this cloud slowly collapses due to gravity to form stars. Whenever a bright, new star is formed, its light evaporates the opaque gaseous "womb" it formed from, allowing us to see it.

So much to learn for both our scientific community, and that of our historical researchers.

http://www.rense.com/general65/tech.htm


Informant: Anna Webb