Wednesday, February 22, 2023

https://spaceweather.com/ : At least 1/2 dozen Solar Flares affecting earth and magnetic fields and earth weather in last week!

My daughter loaded a Spaceweather app on my Iphone that is available I think from this page. You can see better when Earth is being hit by Solar Flares and what magnitude they are. It appears most flares are from the Same sunspot? right now I believe. But, I also believe that in addition to affecting the Magnetic fields of earth and interrupting shortwave communications throughout earth they are also helping cause the strange weather we are encountering in the North and West of the U.S. with likely record snow in places like Portland Oregon. (it's the most snow my son has seen at one time in Portland Oregon in the 5 years he has lived there by the way.)

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Solar wind
speed: 551.4 km/sec
density: 11.72 protons/cm3
more data: ACE, DSCOVR
Updated: Today at 0546 UT
X-ray Solar Flares
6-hr max: C7
0412 UT Feb23
24-hr: M2
1350 UT Feb22
explanation | more data
Updated: Today at: 0550 UT
Daily Sun: 21 Feb 23
Expand: labels | no labels
Sunspot AR3234 is crackling with M-class solar flares. Credit: SDO/HMI

Sunspot number: 100
What is the sunspot number?
Updated 22 Feb 2023

Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 0 days
2023 total: 0 days (0%)
2022 total: 1 day (<1%)
2021 total: 64 days (18%)
2020 total: 208 days (57%)
2019 total: 281 days (77%)
2018 total: 221 days (61%)
2017 total: 104 days (28%)
2016 total: 32 days (9%)
2015 total: 0 days (0%)
2014 total: 1 day (<1%)
2013 total: 0 days (0%)
2012 total: 0 days (0%)
2011 total: 2 days (<1%)
2010 total: 51 days (14%)
2009 total: 260 days (71%)
2008 total: 268 days (73%)
2007 total: 152 days (42%)
2006 total: 70 days (19%)

Updated 22 Feb 2023


Thermosphere Climate Index
today: 21.55
x1010 W Warm
Max: 49.4
x1010 W Hot (10/1957)
Min: 2.05
x1010 W Cold (02/2009)
explanation | more data: gfx, txt
Updated 22 Feb 2023

The Radio Sun
10.7 cm flux: 161 sfu
explanation | more data
Updated 22 Feb 2023

Cosmic Rays Solar Cycle 25 is intensifying, and this is reflected in the number of cosmic rays entering Earth's atmosphere. Neutron counts from the University of Oulu's Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory show that cosmic rays reaching Earth are slowly declining--a result of the yin-yang relationship between the solar cycle and cosmic rays.

Oulu Neutron Counts

Percentages of the Space Age average:
today: -3.8% Below Average
48-hr change: -2.5%
Max: +11.7% Very High
(12/2009)
Min: -32.1% Very Low (06/1991)
explanation | more data
Updated 22 Feb 2023 @ 1700 UT

Current Auroral Oval:
Switch to: Europe, USA, New Zealand, Antarctica
Credit: NOAA/Ovation
Planetary K-index
Now: Kp= 4.67 unsettled
24-hr max: Kp= 4.67
unsettled
explanation | more data
Interplanetary Mag. Field
Btotal: 6.23 nT
Bz: -5.05 nT south
more data: ACE, DSCOVR
Updated: Today at 0546 UT
Coronal Holes: 22 Feb 23

Solar wind flowing from this equatorial coronal hole could reach Earth on Feb 27-28.
Credit: SDO/AIA

Noctilucent Clouds
The southern hemisphere season for noctilucent clouds has begun. NASA's AIM spacecraft detected the first electric-blue puffs over Antarctica on Dec. 1st.
Switch view:Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula, East Antarctica, Polar
Updated Feb22
SPACE WEATHER
NOAA Forecasts
Updated at: 2023 Feb 22 2200 UTC
FLARE
0-24 hr
24-48 hr
CLASS M
50 %
50 %
CLASS X
10 %
10 %
Geomagnetic Storms:
Probabilities for significant disturbances in Earth's magnetic field are given for three activity levels: active, minor storm, severe storm
Updated at: 2023 Feb 22 2200 UTC
Mid-latitudes

0-24 hr
24-48 hr
ACTIVE
20 %
20 %
MINOR
05 %
05 %
SEVERE
01 %
01 %
High latitudes

0-24 hr
24-48 hr
ACTIVE
20 %
15 %
MINOR
25 %
25 %
SEVERE
25 %
25 %
 
Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023
What's up in space
       
 

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NO CMES ARE HEADING OUR WAY: For the past three days, the sun has produced a non-stop fusillade of solar flares. Yet no CMEs are heading our way. Why not? The source of the explosions, sunspot AR3234, was not facing Earth. This is about to change, however, as the the sun's rotation turns the sunspot more directly toward our planet. Solar flare alerts: SMS Text.

SUNSET SKY SHOW: Around the world, people are watching Venus, Jupiter, and the crescent Moon line up in the sunset sky. Jan Jackson took this picture last night in Ziheautanejo, Mexico:

"The planets were so bright, we could photograph them with nothing more than a cell phone," says Jackson.

There's something different to see every night. Tonight, the Moon moves up and passes close to Jupiter (Pro tip: Be alert for Earthshine.) Tomorrow, there will be a nearly-vertical Moon-Jupiter-Venus line in the sky. Sky maps: Feb. 21, 22, 23.

Best of all, Venus and Jupiter are converging. At closest approach on March 1st, Venus and Jupiter will be just 0.5 degrees apart--a beautiful pairing and one of the best astrophoto-ops of 2023. Take a look and submit your photos here.

more images: from Hari Kumar of Trivandrum, India; from Daniele Gasparri of Nellim, Finland; from Petr Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava) in Thoddoo, Maldives; from Peter Zimnikoval of Banska Bystrica, Slovakia; from Marko Posavec of Virje, Croatia

Realtime Space Weather Photo Gallery
Free:
Spaceweather.com Newsletter

SOLAR ECLIPSE CRYSTAL PYRAMID: On Aug. 21, 2017, during the Great American Solar Eclipse, the students of Earth to Sky Calculus launched 11 space weather balloons from the path of totality. The armada soared into the stratosphere, touching the shadow of the Moon more than 100,000 feet above Earth's surface. This pyramid hitched a ride:

You can have it for $159.95. With the sun, Earth, and Moon perfectly aligned, the faces of the 5-sided crystal caught the reflection of the eclipsed sun. Watch the video! The pyramid comes with a gift card showing the crystal floating at the top of Earth's atmosphere and passing through the Moon's shadow. The interior of the card tells the story of the flight and confirms that this gift has been to the edge of space and back again.

Far Out Gifts: Earth to Sky Store
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  All Sky Fireball Network
Every night, a network of NASA all-sky cameras scans the skies above the United States for meteoritic fireballs. Automated software maintained by NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office calculates their orbits, velocity, penetration depth in Earth's atmosphere and many other characteristics. Daily results are presented here on Spaceweather.com.

On Feb 22 2023, the network reported 8 fireballs.
(8 sporadics)

In this diagram of the inner solar system, all of the fireball orbits intersect at a single point--Earth. The orbits are color-coded by velocity, from slow (red) to fast (blue). [Larger image] [movies]

  Near Earth Asteroids
Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) are space rocks larger than approximately 100m that can come closer to Earth than 0.05 AU. None of the known PHAs is on a collision course with our planet, although astronomers are finding new ones all the time.
On February 23, 2023 there were 2331 potentially hazardous asteroids.
Recent & Upcoming Earth-asteroid encounters:
Asteroid
Date(UT)
Miss Distance
Velocity (km/s)
Diameter (m)
2023 CA3
2023-Feb-17
5.9 LD
12.4
14
2023 CS3
2023-Feb-17
9.4 LD
4.7
15
2023 CY1
2023-Feb-17
4.6 LD
6.7
20
2023 CW2
2023-Feb-17
1.6 LD
2.3
4
2020 DG4
2023-Feb-17
1.4 LD
6.9
8
2023 CC1
2023-Feb-18
15 LD
12.2
41
2023 DN
2023-Feb-18
2.6 LD
6.2
20
2023 CS2
2023-Feb-18
4.3 LD
7.6
9
2023 DH
2023-Feb-18
6.6 LD
4.9
10
2023 CE2
2023-Feb-18
13.6 LD
16.1
28
2023 CH1
2023-Feb-18
7.6 LD
7.5
17
2023 CW
2023-Feb-18
6.7 LD
7.6
26
2020 CX1
2023-Feb-19
17.4 LD
7.7
53
2023 DC
2023-Feb-20
8.6 LD
7.8
12
2023 CR2
2023-Feb-20
19.2 LD
17.3
21
2023 DJ
2023-Feb-20
19.6 LD
12.4
75
2023 DF
2023-Feb-21
4.3 LD
9.8
14
37638
2023-Feb-21
17 LD
11.1
493
2023 AA2
2023-Feb-22
17.4 LD
10.1
133
2023 CM2
2023-Feb-22
2.1 LD
11.2
22
2023 DE
2023-Feb-22
8.6 LD
16.9
25
2023 CS1
2023-Feb-23
15.1 LD
9.1
31
2023 DK
2023-Feb-25
6.6 LD
4
9
2023 CG1
2023-Feb-25
15.2 LD
6.5
32
2023 DA
2023-Feb-26
2.8 LD
5.9
18
2023 CX2
2023-Feb-27
7.6 LD
2.3
11
2023 CC2
2023-Feb-27
16.2 LD
5.1
31
2012 DK31
2023-Feb-27
12.6 LD
15.5
143
2006 BE55
2023-Feb-28
9.4 LD
13.3
145
2021 QW
2023-Mar-03
13.9 LD
12.1
79
2017 BM123
2023-Mar-03
12.1 LD
7.8
61
2007 ED125
2023-Mar-03
11.7 LD
13.1
224
2015 EG
2023-Mar-04
13.9 LD
10.6
27
2023 BK5
2023-Mar-05
17.8 LD
8.4
62
535844
2023-Mar-07
10.5 LD
7.7
149
2020 FQ
2023-Mar-09
14 LD
6.3
13
2020 FV4
2023-Mar-13
17.6 LD
8.2
30
2023 CM
2023-Mar-14
10.3 LD
14
190
2023 DM
2023-Mar-15
8.5 LD
7.4
65
2018 UQ1
2023-Mar-17
10.7 LD
11.7
143
2016 WH
2023-Mar-19
18.1 LD
11.8
14
2018 FE3
2023-Mar-21
10.1 LD
5.4
13
2023 CE4
2023-Mar-29
20 LD
10.1
93
2022 YK4
2023-Mar-29
11.9 LD
2.3
25
2017 SE12
2023-Mar-30
5.2 LD
8.4
15
2016 GH1
2023-Mar-30
7.7 LD
5.8
11
2022 GO3
2023-Apr-02
17 LD
11.6
15
2021 GN1
2023-Apr-02
17.7 LD
14.2
18
2018 FD
2023-Apr-07
17.9 LD
8.2
47
2019 GK21
2023-Apr-13
15.2 LD
8.1
27
2022 YK9
2023-Apr-13
19.9 LD
9.9
175
436774
2023-Apr-13
12.5 LD
17.6
719
Notes: LD means "Lunar Distance." 1 LD = 384,401 km, the distance between Earth and the Moon. 1 LD also equals 0.00256 AU.
  Cosmic Rays in the Atmosphere

SPACE WEATHER BALLOON DATA: Almost once a week, Spaceweather.com and the students of Earth to Sky Calculus fly space weather balloons to the stratosphere over California. These balloons are equipped with sensors that detect secondary cosmic rays, a form of radiation from space that can penetrate all the way down to Earth's surface. Our monitoring program has been underway without interruption for 7 years, resulting in a unique dataset of in situ atmospheric measurements.

Latest results (July 2022): Atmospheric radiation is decreasing in 2022. Our latest measurements in July 2022 registered a 6-year low:

What's going on? Ironically, the radiation drop is caused by increasing solar activity. Solar Cycle 25 has roared to life faster than forecasters expected. The sun's strengthening and increasingly tangled magnetic field repels cosmic rays from deep space. In addition, solar coronal mass ejections (CMEs) sweep aside cosmic rays, causing sharp reductions called "Forbush Decreases." The two effects blend together to bring daily radiation levels down.

.Who cares? Cosmic rays are a surprisingly "down to Earth" form of space weather. They can alter the chemistry of the atmosphere, trigger lightning, and penetrate commercial airplanes. According to a study from the Harvard T.H. Chan school of public health, crews of aircraft have higher rates of cancer than the general population. The researchers listed cosmic rays, irregular sleep habits, and chemical contaminants as leading risk factors. A number of controversial studies (#1, #2, #3, #4) go even further, linking cosmic rays with cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death.

Technical notes: The radiation sensors onboard our helium balloons detect X-rays and gamma-rays in the energy range 10 keV to 20 MeV. These energies span the range of medical X-ray machines and airport security scanners.

Data points in the graph labeled "Stratospheric Radiation" correspond to the peak of the Regener-Pfotzer maximum, which lies about 67,000 feet above central California. When cosmic rays crash into Earth's atmosphere, they produce a spray of secondary particles that is most intense at the entrance to the stratosphere. Physicists Eric Regener and Georg Pfotzer discovered the maximum using balloons in the 1930s and it is what we are measuring today.

  Essential web links
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
  The official U.S. government space weather bureau
Atmospheric Optics
  The first place to look for information about sundogs, pillars, rainbows and related phenomena.
Solar Dynamics Observatory
  Researchers call it a "Hubble for the sun." SDO is the most advanced solar observatory ever.
STEREO
  3D views of the sun from NASA's Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
  Realtime and archival images of the Sun from SOHO.
SolarMonitor.org
  information about sunspots based on the latest NOAA/USAF Active Region Summary
Starlink Satellite Statistics
  current counts of failed and deployed Starlink satellites from Jonathan's Space Page
The Aerospace Corporation
  Authoritative predictions of space junk and satellite re-entries
Daily Sunspot Summaries
  from the NOAA Space Environment Center
NOAA 27-Day Space Weather Forecasts
  fun to read, but should be taken with a grain of salt! Forecasts looking ahead more than a few days are often wrong.
Aurora 30 min forecast
  from the NOAA Space Environment Center
Live Aurora Webcam
  from Lights over Lapland
Heliophysics
  the underlying science of space weather

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