space weather news 2/7/2022

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GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH: A CME is heading for Earth. NOAA computer models suggest it will arrive during the early hours of Feb. 10th, potentially sparking G1-class geomagnetic storms. The CME was hurled in our direction yesterday by a long duration solar flare from sunspot AR2939. The explosion peaked at category C3, which is considered to be weak. However, the flare made up for its low amplitude by lasting for more than 3 hours; it put plenty of power into the CME. Solar flare alerts: SMS Text.

HUGE SOLAR PROMINENCE: Got a solar telescope? Point it at the sun's southeastern limb. A huge solar prominence is surging there, big enough to swallow Jupiter. Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau sends this picture from Rafaela, Argentina:

"I did not want to miss out on photographing this amazing prominence," says Poupeau. "It changed shape during the weekend--a lot--and now it looks like a pine tree."

The structure might not last long. Fast-changing prominences like this one can explode with little warning. The time to take pictures is now. (Submit them here.)

more images: from Stuart Green of Preston, Lancashire, UK; from David Hoskin of Halifax, Nova Scotia; from Efrain Morales Rivera of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; from John Chumack of Dayton, Ohio; from Francisco A. Rodriguez of the Canary Islands; from Günter Kleinschuster of Feldbach, Austria; from Thierry Legault of Versailles, France; from Frank J. Melillo of Holtsville, NY; from Carl Bracken of Ely, Iowa;

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AURORAS IN THE SNOW: "Snow flurries and aurora flurries battled it out for night sky supremacy on Feb. 4th near Trapper Creek, Alaska," says aurora hunter Todd Salat. He's happy to report, it was a tie:

"I was driving through snowy weather, homeward bound for Anchorage, when I stopped for a bite to eat," says Salat. "After chowing down to my heart’s content in my truck camper I stepped out, looked up, and thought my eyes were playing tricks on me... Auroras in the snow! Here are some fun photographic experiments I did with my little headlamp and a handheld flash."

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