h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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Pity!

I've finally updated the page for February and if you'll look at the bottom, you'll find I also added a new link to a NASA Picture of the Day site.

Hope you enjoy it!!

- X

Neat! I got a cool picture of Saturn. I believe this is worth mentioning in the next newsletter, assuming anyone braves the length of the forum thread to read it.........

Thanks Frink!

I'm thinking of changing the newsletter format a bit. I think it might work better if I post each update on a user page, and make a new forum that would just be used to let everyone know the page has been updated.

Thoughts?

Good idea - I never read the newsletter as I've no idea where it is.... sorry.

Brilliant musings from the mind of Frink! I think that's the best way to go about it!!

And bluebottle, what did you think of my little observatory? Need any additional info??

Bluebottle - the newsletter is located here:
http://www.h2g2.com/forumframe.cgi?thread=24904&forum=7939

It's very long and I plan on moving it as soon as I find some time.

Great page! I was just about to do something like this myself which was just a very simple introduction to astronomy for non-astronomers.

Just one thing you missed out was the space shuttle - check out http://www.heavens-above.com to see when it passes over your house next - it is really impressive. I think this link is closely related to the Fourmilab link, but it is deadly accurate as to satellite passes.

CR

Thanks for the link! I'll check this out when the skies clear here (bloody snow!) and I'll include it in the next update!

Hi Jimi,

And while you are at it, if you get a chance, keep an eye out for aurorae - there's a coronal mass ejection from the Sun on its way....

CR

Why taunt a man who has been socked in under thick cloud cover for more than a week??

- X

Whoops!

It must be all that residual stress of being in exactly that situation during the solar eclipse last year. It only happens once every 3 generations, and it happened on the worst, most godawful, wet, miserable day of the whole year.

Can't say I saw anything special in the sky last night though....

CR

Next to reading to my kids, I love to show them the stars, planets and moons. And it's been cloudy for so long that we've all got a bit of cabin fever. Though clearing is predicted for tonight...

*crosses fingers and knocks on wood*



- X

Hi Jimi X
I was wondering if you have anything on the sunstorms that are raging against our poor planet these days?
I tried to see if there was something on the net about it but I couldn't find anything.
I would like to learn some more about the sunstorms that are happening now and how they affects us.
Anybody?

Lovely page by the way
-B-

Hi there.

I have some pages that may be worth a look.
http://www.spacescience.com/headlines/y2000/ast23feb_2.htm
http://www.spacescience.com/headlines/y2000/ast18feb_1.htm
http://www.SpaceWeather.com
I have these from subscribing to Space Science News, run free by NASA. It's that time of the 11 years again for the sun. Some good arorae comming up.

Yeliab

Thanks Yeliab!! Those were some good links!

- X

Yeliab, thanks!
Just what I was looking for
I don't think I will see any more northern lights this winter but I still remember the great show we had here just before xmas.
I live in Bergen ( ca 61 degrees north)
-B-

Try some of these links as well

http://www.spaceweather.com/

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/

Hope this helps

CR