[MIham] Solar eruption misses Earth, auroras likely anyway

[Frank]

Space Weather News for Sept. 5, 2010
http://spaceweather.com

SOLAR ACTIVITY: On Sept. 4th around 1600 UT, a magnetic filament erupted, 
hurling a bright coronal mass ejection (CME) off the sun's northwestern 
limb. Today's edition of http://spaceweather.com features a close-up view of 
the blast from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. The CME is not expected to 
hit Earth. Nevertheless, auroras are possible in the nights ahead.  A solar 
wind stream flowing from a coronal hole is heading our way, due to arrive on 
Sept. 5th or 6th. NOAA forecasters estimate a 50% chance of high-latitude 
geomagnetic activity when the solar wind hits. With the approach of northern 
autumn, Arctic nights are getting dark again--dark enough to see the 
Northern Lights.  People in Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia should keep an 
eye on the night sky this weekend.