[South Florida DX Association] Space Weather News for Jan. 26, 2007

[Bill Marx]

Space Weather News for Jan. 26, 2007

SOLAR ACTIVITY:  Something on the far side of the sun exploded yesterday, 
hurling a bright coronal mass ejection over the sun's eastern limb. An 
active sunspot must be lurking just around the corner. It should appear in a 
few days when solar rotation carries that part of the sun into view. Stay 
tuned for solar activity.

COMET MCNAUGHT:  The Great Comet of 2007 is receding from Earth and fading 
fast, but it is still a naked-eye object (recent estimates place the comet's 
head at 1st magnitude) and an easy target for amateur photographers in the 
southern hemisphere.  A 30-second exposure with an off-the-shelf digital 
camera reveals a curving, dusty tail more than 25 degrees long. 
Photographers should take their pictures soon, before next week's full Moon 
spoils the show.

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