Source - Space Weather News for Dec. 28, 2011: http://spaceweather.com
BIG STORM ON SATURN: Got a telescope for Christmas? Point it at Saturn. A giant storm even brighter than Saturn's rings is raging through the planet's cloudtops. Amateur images and sky maps are featured on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com.
GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS: At the time this alert is being written (mid-day UT on Dec. 28), a polar geomagnetic storm is in progress (Kindex=5). Observers report electric currents in the ground and intensifying Northern Lights over Scandinavia. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras: http://spaceweathertext.com .
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Storms on Saturn and Earth
Labels:
aurora,
geomagnetic storm,
news,
northern lights,
rings,
saturn,
science,
space,
storm,
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