 | | | Switch to: Europe, USA, New Zealand, Antarctica Credit: NOAA/Ovation  Planetary K-index
Now: Kp= 2 quiet
24-hr max: Kp= 2 quiet
explanation | more data
Interplanetary Mag. Field
Btotal: 2.73 nT
Bz: -1.68 nT south
more data: ACE, DSCOVR
Updated: Today at 1146 UT Coronal Holes: 26 Oct 22 
Solar wind flowing from this heart-shaped coronal hole should reach Earth on Oct. 29-30. Credit: SDO/AIA  Noctilucent Clouds
The summer season for northern noctilucent clouds has ended; the southern season will begin in November. Switch view: Europe, USA, Asia, Polar Updated Oct26 SPACE WEATHER
NOAA Forecasts | | Updated at: 2022 Oct 26 2200 UTC FLARE | 0-24 hr | 24-48 hr | CLASS M | 05 % | 05 % | CLASS X | 01 % | 01 % | Geomagnetic Storms:
Probabilities for significant disturbances in Earth's magnetic field are given for three activity levels: active, minor storm, severe storm Updated at: 2022 Oct 26 2200 UTC Mid-latitudes | 0-24 hr | 24-48 hr | ACTIVE | 25 % | 30 % | MINOR | 05 % | 15 % | SEVERE | 01 % | 01 % | High latitudes | 0-24 hr | 24-48 hr | ACTIVE | 15 % | 15 % | MINOR | 30 % | 25 % | SEVERE | 30 % | 50 % | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | Never miss another geomagnetic storm. Sign up for Space Weather Alerts and you'll receive a text message when magnetic storms erupt. Aurora tour guides and professional astronomers use this service. You can, too! | | | THIS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER: There is a smiley face on the sun today. Take a look. Formed by holes in the sun's atmosphere, the cheerful mein is spewing a complex stream of solar wind toward Earth. First contact, with auroras, could occur on Oct. 28th or 29th. Aurora alerts: SMS Text PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE: Yesterday, Oct. 25th, astronomers from Europe to India watched the Moon take a bite out of the sun -- and more. "The Moon also swallowed a big prominence!" says Thierry Legault, who photographed the eclipse from Paris, France: 
Zooming into Legault's photo reveals something interesting. The curving edge of the Moon is not smooth; it is modulated by lunar mountains. Astronomers saw them from Italy and Spain as well. Elsewhere in France, Nicolas Lefaudeux did something that no astrophotographer has done before. He photographed Venus and the partially eclipsed sun at the same time. The trick was scraping away some of the solar filter, allowing Venus to shine through: 
"During the eclipse, Venus was nearby, hidden in the sun's glare," says Lefaudeux. "To capture both the eclipse and Venus, I used a special filter located near the camera, with its reflective coating removed on a circular area. This gave an unfiltered view of Venus while simultaneously providing the required filtration for the eclipse." Got a picture of the eclipse? Submit it here. Realtime Solar Eclipse Photo Gallery
Free: Spaceweather.com Newsletter AMBER BUMBLEBEE SPACE PENDANT: Bumblebees don't usually fly so high. On Oct 15, 2022, the students of Earth to Sky Calculus launched this one to the stratosphere onboard a cosmic ray research balloon. Here it is floating 115,158 feet above California's Sierra Nevada:
You can have it for $159.95. This bee is made of genuine Baltic Amber with a sterling silver exoskeleton. The rich Cognac-colored pendant measures 3/4 inch and comes with a matching 18-inch sterling silver chain. The students are selling these unique pendants to support their cosmic ray ballooning program. Each one comes with a greeting card showing the bumblebee in flight and telling the story of its trip to the stratosphere and back again. Far Out Gifts: Earth to Sky Store
All sales support hands-on STEM education Realtime Aurora Photo Gallery
Free: Spaceweather.com Newsletter
Every night, a network of NASA all-sky cameras scans the skies above the United States for meteoritic fireballs. Automated software maintained by NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office calculates their orbits, velocity, penetration depth in Earth's atmosphere and many other characteristics. Daily results are presented here on Spaceweather.com. On Oct 26, 2022, the network reported 32 fireballs.
(17 sporadics, 11 southern Taurids, 4 Orionids)  In this diagram of the inner solar system, all of the fireball orbits intersect at a single point--Earth. The orbits are color-coded by velocity, from slow (red) to fast (blue). [Larger image] [movies] Potentially Hazardous Asteroids ( PHAs) are space rocks larger than approximately 100m that can come closer to Earth than 0.05 AU. None of the known PHAs is on a collision course with our planet, although astronomers are finding new ones all the time. On October 26, 2022 there were 2307 potentially hazardous asteroids.
 | Recent & Upcoming Earth-asteroid encounters: | Asteroid | Date(UT) | Miss Distance | Velocity (km/s) | Diameter (m) | | 2022 UL9 | 2022-Oct-21 | 17 LD | 19.2 | 148 | | 2022 US1 | 2022-Oct-21 | 11.7 LD | 8.9 | 14 | | 2022 UN8 | 2022-Oct-21 | 7.1 LD | 11.4 | 16 | | 2022 TT2 | 2022-Oct-21 | 6.7 LD | 12.1 | 34 | | 2022 UG2 | 2022-Oct-21 | 1.6 LD | 10.5 | 14 | | 2022 UM4 | 2022-Oct-21 | 5.4 LD | 14.9 | 46 | | 2022 UE9 | 2022-Oct-21 | 1.2 LD | 16.6 | 20 | | 2022 UC1 | 2022-Oct-21 | 1.4 LD | 6.8 | 18 | | 2022 UW3 | 2022-Oct-21 | 8.1 LD | 19.7 | 71 | | 2022 UQ9 | 2022-Oct-21 | 1.7 LD | 9.7 | 19 | | 2022 UQ7 | 2022-Oct-22 | 2.1 LD | 23 | 19 | | 2022 UT | 2022-Oct-22 | 5.5 LD | 12.2 | 19 | | 2022 RB5 | 2022-Oct-22 | 13.1 LD | 5.3 | 115 | | 2022 UY5 | 2022-Oct-22 | 0.6 LD | 7.9 | 13 | | 2022 UH9 | 2022-Oct-23 | 10.3 LD | 17.4 | 63 | | 2022 UC2 | 2022-Oct-24 | 13.9 LD | 8.1 | 17 | | 2022 UK9 | 2022-Oct-24 | 8.6 LD | 7 | 13 | | 2022 UC7 | 2022-Oct-24 | 0.9 LD | 10 | 10 | | 2022 UQ8 | 2022-Oct-24 | 11.4 LD | 1.2 | 8 | | 2022 UV7 | 2022-Oct-24 | 0.6 LD | 12.6 | 5 | | 2022 UD7 | 2022-Oct-24 | 3.3 LD | 14.4 | 24 | | 2022 UH2 | 2022-Oct-24 | 5.7 LD | 11.9 | 11 | | 2022 UC8 | 2022-Oct-24 | 1.3 LD | 9.7 | 9 | | 2005 AZ28 | 2022-Oct-24 | 11.5 LD | 5.4 | 48 | | 2022 UY1 | 2022-Oct-25 | 17.9 LD | 9.3 | 30 | | 2022 UC3 | 2022-Oct-25 | 10 LD | 8.4 | 11 | | 2022 UU2 | 2022-Oct-25 | 2.7 LD | 12.7 | 12 | | 2016 TH94 | 2022-Oct-25 | 19.1 LD | 13.5 | 43 | | 2022 TY | 2022-Oct-25 | 15.1 LD | 5.1 | 21 | | 2022 UF9 | 2022-Oct-26 | 2.8 LD | 6.5 | 9 | | 2022 UV2 | 2022-Oct-26 | 1.5 LD | 5.8 | 8 | | 2022 UU1 | 2022-Oct-26 | 10.8 LD | 7.2 | 22 | | 2022 UV5 | 2022-Oct-26 | 11.2 LD | 7.1 | 26 | | 2022 UV9 | 2022-Oct-26 | 2.6 LD | 16.4 | 10 | | 2022 UF4 | 2022-Oct-27 | 11.7 LD | 13.2 | 45 | | 2022 UB8 | 2022-Oct-27 | 2.2 LD | 19 | 12 | | 2019 AN5 | 2022-Oct-27 | 20 LD | 6.8 | 215 | | 2022 UA10 | 2022-Oct-27 | 12 LD | 8.1 | 62 | | 2022 UT5 | 2022-Oct-28 | 7 LD | 9.4 | 20 | | 2022 UM3 | 2022-Oct-28 | 8.7 LD | 7.5 | 12 | | 2022 UD3 | 2022-Oct-28 | 8.4 LD | 6.5 | 21 | | 2004 UT1 | 2022-Oct-29 | 3.9 LD | 6.4 | 17 | | 2022 UW6 | 2022-Oct-30 | 11.3 LD | 4.1 | 30 | | 2022 UU8 | 2022-Oct-30 | 1.5 LD | 4.5 | 10 | | 2022 UU9 | 2022-Oct-30 | 6.1 LD | 12 | 11 | | 2017 VD15 | 2022-Oct-31 | 14.1 LD | 5.3 | 25 | | 2021 VH | 2022-Nov-01 | 5.9 LD | 5.3 | 4 | | 2022 RM4 | 2022-Nov-01 | 6 LD | 23.5 | 443 | | 2022 UZ5 | 2022-Nov-02 | 4.6 LD | 9.4 | 46 | | 2022 UZ8 | 2022-Nov-03 | 12.8 LD | 10.4 | 22 | | 2022 UN5 | 2022-Nov-04 | 14.7 LD | 8.2 | 31 | | 2022 UB9 | 2022-Nov-04 | 16.4 LD | 6.5 | 18 | | 2022 UL6 | 2022-Nov-04 | 17.6 LD | 4.4 | 39 | | 2022 UO6 | 2022-Nov-06 | 11.5 LD | 11.5 | 38 | | 2022 US6 | 2022-Nov-07 | 9.8 LD | 7.2 | 19 | | 2022 UK5 | 2022-Nov-08 | 14.3 LD | 5.2 | 44 | | 2020 WD | 2022-Nov-08 | 3 LD | 6 | 8 | | 2022 UC5 | 2022-Nov-08 | 6 LD | 12.9 | 38 | | 2019 XS | 2022-Nov-10 | 16.7 LD | 11.9 | 60 | | 2020 FC4 | 2022-Nov-12 | 19.3 LD | 13.3 | 78 | | 2022 UP2 | 2022-Nov-14 | 10.6 LD | 6 | 33 | | 2019 VL5 | 2022-Nov-15 | 8.5 LD | 8.1 | 24 | | 2018 WH | 2022-Nov-16 | 2.5 LD | 7.7 | 4 | | 2019 OR1 | 2022-Nov-21 | 18.1 LD | 13.4 | 246 | | 2005 LW3 | 2022-Nov-23 | 3 LD | 13.5 | 168 | | 2010 VQ | 2022-Dec-02 | 11.9 LD | 3.9 | 10 | | 2009 HV58 | 2022-Dec-02 | 12.3 LD | 28.8 | 427 | | 2022 UT8 | 2022-Dec-02 | 11.5 LD | 4.3 | 65 | | 2017 QL33 | 2022-Dec-03 | 16 LD | 6.9 | 195 | | 2019 XY | 2022-Dec-10 | 3.6 LD | 12.9 | 9 | | 2003 YS70 | 2022-Dec-13 | 10.4 LD | 4.1 | 5 | | 2019 XQ1 | 2022-Dec-13 | 14.5 LD | 9.8 | 30 | | 2018 XU3 | 2022-Dec-13 | 14.8 LD | 10.3 | 30 | | 2021 XS4 | 2022-Dec-14 | 14.5 LD | 9.7 | 23 | | 2015 RN35 | 2022-Dec-15 | 1.8 LD | 5.9 | 84 | | 2016 YE | 2022-Dec-18 | 18.6 LD | 4.8 | 23 | | 2014 HK129 | 2022-Dec-20 | 6.7 LD | 11.6 | 214 | | 2017 XQ60 | 2022-Dec-21 | 18.8 LD | 16 | 45 | | 2022 UD9 | 2022-Dec-21 | 4.8 LD | 10.3 | 151 | | 2022 RD2 | 2022-Dec-22 | 13.9 LD | 1.1 | 7 | Notes: LD means "Lunar Distance." 1 LD = 384,401 km, the distance between Earth and the Moon. 1 LD also equals 0.00256 AU. | | Cosmic Rays in the Atmosphere | SPACE WEATHER BALLOON DATA: Almost once a week, Spaceweather.com and the students of Earth to Sky Calculus fly space weather balloons to the stratosphere over California. These balloons are equipped with sensors that detect secondary cosmic rays, a form of radiation from space that can penetrate all the way down to Earth's surface. Our monitoring program has been underway without interruption for 7 years, resulting in a unique dataset of in situ atmospheric measurements. Latest results (July 2022): Atmospheric radiation is decreasing in 2022. Our latest measurements in July 2022 registered a 6-year low: 
What's going on? Ironically, the radiation drop is caused by increasing solar activity. Solar Cycle 25 has roared to life faster than forecasters expected. The sun's strengthening and increasingly tangled magnetic field repels cosmic rays from deep space. In addition, solar coronal mass ejections (CMEs) sweep aside cosmic rays, causing sharp reductions called "Forbush Decreases." The two effects blend together to bring daily radiation levels down. .Who cares? Cosmic rays are a surprisingly "down to Earth" form of space weather. They can alter the chemistry of the atmosphere, trigger lightning, and penetrate commercial airplanes. According to a study from the Harvard T.H. Chan school of public health, crews of aircraft have higher rates of cancer than the general population. The researchers listed cosmic rays, irregular sleep habits, and chemical contaminants as leading risk factors. A number of controversial studies (#1, #2, #3, #4) go even further, linking cosmic rays with cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Technical notes: The radiation sensors onboard our helium balloons detect X-rays and gamma-rays in the energy range 10 keV to 20 MeV. These energies span the range of medical X-ray machines and airport security scanners. Data points in the graph labeled "Stratospheric Radiation" correspond to the peak of the Regener-Pfotzer maximum, which lies about 67,000 feet above central California. When cosmic rays crash into Earth's atmosphere, they produce a spray of secondary particles that is most intense at the entrance to the stratosphere. Physicists Eric Regener and Georg Pfotzer discovered the maximum using balloons in the 1930s and it is what we are measuring today. | | The official U.S. government space weather bureau | | | The first place to look for information about sundogs, pillars, rainbows and related phenomena. | | | Researchers call it a "Hubble for the sun." SDO is the most advanced solar observatory ever. | | | 3D views of the sun from NASA's Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory | | | Realtime and archival images of the Sun from SOHO. | | | information about sunspots based on the latest NOAA/USAF Active Region Summary | | | current counts of failed and deployed Starlink satellites from Jonathan's Space Page | | | Authoritative predictions of space junk and satellite re-entries | | | from the NOAA Space Environment Center | | | fun to read, but should be taken with a grain of salt! Forecasts looking ahead more than a few days are often wrong. | | | from the NOAA Space Environment Center | | | the underlying science of space weather |  | BestCSGOGambling is the best site for everything related to CSGO gambling on the web | | To find reviews of new online casino sites in the UK try The Casino DB where there are hundreds of online casino reviews complete with bonuses and ratings. Alternatively, Online-Casinos.xyz is another massive directory of online casinos listing sites for the UK and Worldwide. Casinos that offer Rupees for bonuses are very generous to Indian players. Find the best online casinos in India at AllCasinos.in Looking for a new online casino? Try Casimpo the new site dedicated to making online casino simple, or check out the new Avenger Slots Casino and Ace Online Casino with over 500 online slots and casino games. | | One of the most popular casino games is the Book Of Dead Slot based on ancient Egyptian text, you can find all the casinos with spins at bookofdeadslotsites.com. | | When looking for casinos to play online when the weather is bad, you can try casino online trucchi for Italian games. If you are not from Finland you can try the Swedish page Svenska casino online to find suitable games, check out svenskacasinoonline.net. Always check your local laws before playing with real money. | | Looking for sports betting companies not registered on GamStop? CasinoGap has presented a list of sites not on GamStop available for UK players. Check and bet online! Would you like to bet at sites not using GamStop? Look at a list of NonStopCasino sites for online betting that aren't on GamStop. Top-rated bookmakers ever! | | | These links help Spaceweather.com stay online. Thank you to our supporters! | | | | | | | | |  | | |  | ©2021 Spaceweather.com. All rights reserved. This site is penned daily by Dr. Tony Phillips. | |
