ATTENTION: COMET OBSERVERS !!! & AURORA CHASERS (tonight) !!!
Comet 63P Wild has gone wild- it's now in OUTBURST, going from magnitude 15.7 on the 17th May, and currently as of 19th May, sitting around mag. 12.5.
The Moon is right next to it, but the comet is still observable going by reports coming my way from my comet chaser friends.
Read more about it here:
http://www.itelescope.net/sky-alerts...-outburst.html
AURORA ALERT FOR TONIGHT:
Tasmania & southern New Zealand may see some activity.
Quote from IPS Space Weather:
" SUBJ: IPS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 13/07
ISSUED AT 0300UT/18 MAY 2013
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.
A full halo earthward directed CME was observed on 17-May. This may increase geomagnetic activity to Minor Storm levels, with periods at Major storm level from mid 19-May and into early 20-May. The magnitude of the storm will depend on the orientation of the magnetic field in the CME.
INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED DUE TO CORONAL MASS EJECTION FROM 19-20 MAY 2013"
More information here:
http://astroblogger.blogspot.com.au/...-may-2013.html
-Suzy.
