[South Florida DX Association] Spectacular Eruption: Earth dodges another bullet from the Sun

[WILLIAM MARX]

Space Weather News for Sept. 9, 2010
http://spaceweather.com

SPECTACULAR ERUPTION: Just as sunspot 1105 was turning away from Earth on Sept 
8th, the active region unleashed a spectacular eruption of plasma and extreme 
ultraviolet radiation.  Earth was not in the line of fire--this time.  Must-see 
movies from the Solar Dynamics Observatory and other spacecraft are highlighted 
on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com. 


SPACECRAFT FLYBY ALERT: This is a good week for satellite watchers in the USA 
and Canada.  Both the International Space Station and the US Air Force X-37B 
space plane are making a series of favorable passes over North American towns 
and cities.  The spacecraft are easy to find using our Simple Satellite 
Tracker--an app for iPhones and Android.  Visit http://simpleflybys.com for 
downloads and more information.