Two sunspot groups visible on the surface today, widely separated. Easily seen at low powers. Sure is nice to see the sun again. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com
Chuck Hards wrote:
Two sunspot groups visible on the surface today, widely separated. Easily seen at low powers. Speaking of sunspots, here's something from today's Spaceweather.com site:
FAR SIDE OF THE SUN: Remember giant sunspot 720? On Jan. 20th it exploded, sparking bright auroras over Europe and the most intense proton storm in 15 years. Since then the 'spot has been transiting the far side of the sun, carried around by our star's 27-day rotation. Although sunspot 720 is on the sun's far side now, it's not out of sight. Using a technique called helioseismic holography, solar physicists can take pictures of the sun's far side--and they've seen sunspot 720 there. If the active region holds together a while longer, it could turn to face Earth again in early- to mid-February.
Sure is nice to see the sun again. "Twas also nice to see the stars, too. I didn't manage to close the observatory until 6:20 this morning.
Looking forward to tonight, Patrick
Quoting Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net>:
"Twas also nice to see the stars, too. I didn't manage to close the observatory until 6:20 this morning.
Looking forward to tonight,
Patrick
I sure wish the lawn and thus certain things laying on the lawn wouldn't wait until morning to freeze. I took the puppy out last night before bed time and was so impressed by the actual sight of stars that I somehow managed to step in it... ;) Gotta love those puppies. I was still cleaning my shoes at 6:00 am. Did anyone else happen to catch the sight of the Moon and Jupiter at about that time? Guy
I don't know - I think a true geek would have pigeons. Or chickens. Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: Ann House<mailto:annchouse@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy<mailto:utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 6:23 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] That bright thing in the sky Guy, True geeks have cats not dogs. -A
Iguanas. And definitely more than one. DT --- Kim Hyatt <kimharch@msn.com> wrote:
I don't know - I think a true geek would have pigeons. Or chickens.
Kim
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Guy, True geeks have cats not dogs.
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Ann True geeks name their cats animal.feline.house_cat.meowser! For Guy it would be animal.canine.dog.browser! Also geeks are social introverts, wear think glasses and are savants. I qualify for one out of three ( I don't wear glasses and I ain't smart). Jim Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote: Ann House wrote:
Guy, True geeks have cats not dogs.
-A
Ok, as long as this thread is headed out of control anyway I'll add: Dog have owners. Cats have staff. Geek Patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Quoting Ann House <annchouse@gmail.com>:
Guy, True geeks have cats not dogs.
-A
Whew, thanks Ann! For a minute there I was wondering where I was going to find a stylish pocket protector and matching bolo tie. ;) Not that there's anything wrong with bolo ties... It's a good thing I have a dog and not a cat, 'cause I would have had a pretty tough time 'splaining what I was doing in the litter box at that time of night with my shoes on... ;) Guy
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