Space Weather News for May 5, 2004


COMET NEAT: Long-awaited Comet NEAT (C/2001 Q4) is approaching Earth and
growing brighter. At closest approach on May 7th, it will be 0.32 AU (48
million km) from our planet and about as bright as a 3rd magnitude star.
The comet is now visible to the unaided eye--just barely--after sunset
from dark-sky locations in the northern hemisphere. It looks like a fuzzy
blob with a stubby tail. City dwellers are advised to use binoculars or a
small telescope. Visit Spaceweather.com for pictures of the comet and a
sky map.

METEOR SHOWER: Today Earth is passing through a stream of dusty debris
from Halley's Comet--the source of the annual eta Aquarid meteor shower.
Unfortunately, tonight's full Moon will outshine the display, reducing it
to near invisibility. Try listening, instead, using real-time links to
meteor radars on Spaceweather.com.

Space Weather News for May 20, 2004
http://spaceweather.com

Tonight and tomorrow the slender crescent Moon will be gliding by the
planet Venus. Look for the pair in the western sky shortly after sunset.
If you have a telescope, even a small one will do, point it at Venus. It
looks just like the Moon; Venus is a slender crescent, too! The phases of
Venus are beautiful and easily seen through backyard telescopes.

Visit Spaceweather.com for sky maps, which will lead you to Mars, Saturn
and Jupiter, as well as to Venus and the Moon. The evenings ahead are
good ones for planet watching.

Cool link redpaw!
I read your post today and Went to the Space Weather site and I can tell you Ill be looking up tonight. :D

I had been reading your first post too and when I was looking for more info in google I came across this. Boy did I get what I was looking for!

http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/Brow...stem/index.html

I nearly had a info overload trying to read it all.

thanks for the sites guys! my wife is a school teacher and she says she can use this in her class.

Well cooooollll link yourself BD,
I like yours just as much when it comes to discovering whats out there and how each planet affects the others orbits. Post some more of those great links....

Does anyone know how to post bookmarks as a clickable link?, I have tons of sites I visit but the cut copy and paste is tiring.....there must be some way to drag and drop...??

G'night BD, G'night Russ