The Dark Star's mag field hits the sun tomorrow, Aug 18.

aianawa aianawa nui · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:28 am

You say this Ken -Well, what it did back on the 16th was
lash out at Venus in a pretty amazing display of how close these planets
are to the Sun ...

The lash out could also be seen as such as holding hands or swapping plans, perspective i suppose , lsol

LCHILLIN · **Joined:** Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:33 pm **Posts:** 287

Well it's August 19th and it seems just a normal day. The only thing the mag field seems to be doing is sucking down the stock market.

beyond2012 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 4:04 pm

Yesterday, in the middle of a presentation, I noticed I was vibrating from head to toe. I am not one to say this but it felt like it was my entire body every inch. Very very strange. I was very scared yesterday about our heavenly visitor coming too soon, I am afraid. Does anyone know where I can find those graphs that show the seismicity of the planet locations to see if we had heavy seismicity yesterday all over??? That may explain the vibrations I experienced. I had it several times from around 6pm EST to midnight EST. What do you all think?

Ken McClellan · **Joined:** Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:24 pm **Posts:** 3728

Iirispaws11 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 4:30 pm

Interesting, because in a middle of a meeting around noon, yesterday I felt vibration in the bones of my heels. Today I feel dizzy and have ringing in my ears that I don't normally have. Maybe I just need to drink more water

cammac · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:27 pm

As it says in the spaceweather article, the flare was`nt that close at all, it was more the fact of venus now sitting behind the sun and the photo angle gives this impression...

" the CME passed harmlessly. There was no collision, and it wasn't even close. Although Venus seems to be near the sun, the planet is actually more than 100 million kilometers away. The two bodies are "in conjunction" this week as Venus moves almost directly behind the sun. Because of this arrangement, more CME-Venus conjunctions are possible in the days ahead."

vikkiplum · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:36 pm

......I thought I'd post this link as it has some very interesting things to say about whats going on up there.........Sorry to all if you already have it...just thought someone might find it interesting......... :roll:

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http://spaceweather.com/

Acolyte · **Joined:** Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:25 am **Posts:** 9412

My preference is SolarHam - the old solarcycle24 - the site provides many measures and types of data in one page and links out for more detail on any of them. SC24 has been such a fizzer they've renamed the site. VHF band has barely had a look in for several years now - ham operators are getting a bit pissed at their VHF equipment sitting unused in the corner. :lol:

From there, the field of the topic title doesn't seem to have registered with the Sun - in spite of 'predictions' (hopes perhaps?) that sunspot 1271 might produce flares, the current report is...

Quote:

Updated 2011 Aug 19 2200 UTC

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity
SDF Number 231 Issued at 2200Z on 19 Aug 2011

IA. Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 18/2100Z
to 19/2100Z: Solar activity was very low. Region 1271 (N16E25) did
not produce any significant activity during the past 24 hours,
although it did retain a large Esi type spot group with beta-gamma
magnetic characteristics. The other two regions were small and
simple.

IB. Solar Activity Forecast: Solar activity is expected to be low
on Day 1 (20 Aug), becoming low with a chance for moderate activity
on Days 2 and 3 (21-22 Aug) when old Region 1261 (N15, L=347)
returns.

IIA. Geophysical Activity Summary 18/2100Z to 19/2100Z:
The geomagnetic field was quiet and the solar wind at the ACE
spacecraft was unremarkable.

IIB. Geophysical Activity Forecast: The geomagnetic field is
expected to be at quiet levels on Day 1 (20 Aug) and rise to
unsettled levels with a chance for active conditions on Day 2 (21
Aug). The rise in activity is expected with the arrival of a
coronal hole high speed stream. By Day 3 (22 Aug), a return to
mostly quiet conditions is expected as weak coronal hole effects
wane.

In other words, there is no news and will be even less in 3 days after a brief blip of barely noticeable activity.

X-Class flares for 2012 are not looking good... The Sun seems to have been sent to the naughty corner for some quiet time. :lol:

The Dark Star's mag field hits the sun tomorrow, Aug 18.

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