Re: solar flares

Folks in the Boston area can ride to a similar destination: Haystack
Observatory, in Groton, Mass. They have a number of large antennas for a
variety of radiotelescopes and radars. Here's a picture of a couple, with my
bike in the foreground, taken during a 60-mile ramble one Saturday this
summer.

http://surlylht.googlegroups.com/web/LHT_Haystack_1.jpg?gda=d-oniEQAAACSMjTl7mEqvEuMZddY5vY4WxRxAESXw3ZXsOubOG5NyhKGATdakRy6ZF5vjMoa1hxV6u9SiETdg0Q2ffAyHU-dzc4BZkLnSFWX59nr5BxGqA

rod

On Feb 16, 2011 6:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:



When I was in Green Bank , WV  this past summer I visited the National Radio
Astronomy Observatory. An amazing place. They have what I would call
satellites dishes  but they call them telescopes. One follows the sun 24/7
because flare ups ruin their studies so they keep an eye on them. One of the
telescopes is 2 acres in size and you can get with in 100 feet of it. If you
are interested you can see them at www.nroa.com .




Fran,

Be who you are and say what you feel........
Because those that matter dont mind.....
And those that mind don't matter.   Anon




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From: j.a. tackett <[email protected]>
To: Howard Coffin <whcoffin@yah...

rint<
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/02/16/biggest-solar-flare-in-years-headed-for-earth/#
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Shar...

earest star, activity has picked up as of late, resulting in a solar flare

hat marks the strongest since 2006.
Bob Rutledge, lead forecaster with the National Space Weather Pr...

enter, tells *KFWB’s Michael Shappee* these solar outbursts have the

otential to wreak havoc with earthly communications.
After the initial blast of radiation accompanyi...

ctivity — a huge cloud of charged particles is headed toward Earth and is

xpected likely to arrive on Feb. 17-18.
Among the many potential disasters that can come from a mass...

isturbances in the planet’s geomagnetic field that may lead to

alfunctioning telecom and GPS satellite equipment.
While forecasters predict no major impact on our ...

nfrastructure, scientists have pointed out the sun is now ramping up ahead

f an expected solar maximum around 2013.
*(©2010 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc. All R...

his material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

ire services contributed to this report.)*
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