Archive for July, 2007
My Favorite Meteor Shower
Thursday, July 12th, 2007 at 03:06 PMMy favorite meteor shower is coming up. On the evening of August 12 through the morning of August 13, the Perseid Meteor Shower will occur. This meteor shower is due to the remnants of Comet Swift-Tuttle. As this comet went around the Sun, it melted, leaving a debris field of sand-sized particles. [...]
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Naked Eye Objects currently
over Saint CloudCurrent Position Altitude Azimuth Jupiter 22.0° 182.3° M31 34.8° 63.9°
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: 
Geomagnetic Field:
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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