Archive for February, 2007
Hey! What is that Bright Star near Sunset?
Friday, February 9th, 2007 at 12:48 PMThis reminds me of that quote from the original Star Wars movie, “That’s no Moon, it’s a Space Station.” Well, this is no star but a planet called Venus.
The ancient Greeks called the wandering stars, planētēs, or wanderers. We now use the word planet for these denizens of our solar system.
Venus [...]
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over Saint CloudCurrent Position Altitude Azimuth Jupiter 22.0° 183.1° M31 35.3° 64.3°
Current Lunar Phase ![[Current Moon]](/Media/lunar.jpg)
(Image Courtesy: US Naval Observatory)Waxing Crescent 2.8 days past New Moon
Upcoming Lunar Phases1st Quarter: Thu, Jul 10 Full Moon: Fri, Jul 18 3rd Quarter: Fri, Jul 25 New Moon: Fri, Aug 1
Current Solar Activity ![[Current Solar DIsk]](/Media/solar.gif)
Current Sunspot Number: 0SEC Solar Activity Forecast: Solar activity is expected to be very low. (as of 5:03 pm Saturday) Solar X-rays: 
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Current Central Minnesota
Aurora Probability:Low Evening Aurora Probabilities:
1% (Sat) 1% (Sun) 1% (Mon)Current Auroral Loop ![[Current POES Map]](/Media/poesNorth.gif)
If you see orange or red over Minnesota, then there are very likely strong aurora currently visible.(Data from NOAA Space Environment Center, SpaceWeather.com, Space Terrestrial Dispatch, and n3kl.org) -
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