The coming of Northern Autumn marks the beginning of aurora season. Sky watchers around the arctic circle should be alert for Northern Lights in Sept. and Oct
A big sunspot appears to be growing on the far side of the sun. Yesterday, the National Solar Observatory’s GONG network detected helioseismic echoes from the sunspot’s gathering magnetic field. Today, NASA’s STEREO-B spacecraft is beaming back images of an active region peeking over the sun’s far-eastern limb–exactly where GONG data predicted it would be
photos are from yellowknife canada and russia on sunday and monday
