ecce_lex Senior Member  356 posts Likes: 4 Joined Jan 2010 Location: 46.2, 6.1 More info | May 09, 2013 18:14 | #1  Sunspot AR 1734 was directly facing Earth when photographed, and has the right magnetic field to produce M-class flares. 1739 erupted on May 3rd and produced an M5 flare that hurled plasma into space at 1300 km/s (watch movie here: http://spaceweather.com …6aklsch94s4uan3qbjo05kfj1  ) . The CME will brush the Spitzer space telescope that is now 180 million km away from Earth and is looking at the sky in infrared (heat detector).Schrodinger's cat walked into a bar - and didn't.
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drevilsmom Goldmember  1,100 posts Likes: 1 Joined Apr 2008 Location: Miami, FL More info | May 10, 2013 08:20 | #2 Very nice!!! And WOW, halfway to the moon!!!?? Makes me feel very small now, LOL. Elizabeth
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