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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (148)	4/16/2002 8:00:09 PM
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A different sort of Gallery. (Relative of mine is astronomer [NOT astrologer -gg-] so he keeps me up with these events) What's Up in Space -- 16 Apr 2002 Subscribe to Space Weather News! AURORA WARNING: On Monday, April 15th (0400 UT), a full-halo coronal mass ejection billowed away from the Sun. The expanding cloud, pictured right, is heading toward Earth and could ignite Northern Lights when it sweeps past our planet on April 17th or 18th. The origin of the explosion is uncertain: Magnetic fields above two sunspots, 9901 and 9906, were active when the cloud left the Sun. The symmetry of the CME suggests 9906 as the source. HOT COMET: Newly-discovered comet SOHO-422 is heading for a perilous encounter with the Sun: On April 17, it will pass a mere 0.08 AU from the surface of our star. Watch what happens to the tiny comet in near-live coronagraph images from SOHO. spaceweather.com soho.nascom.nasa.gov _______________________________ PILLARS OF VENUS: Carol Lakomiak of Tomahawk, WI, was enjoying a twilight gathering of planets on April 9th when she spotted something rare and beautiful: a Venus Pillar. When the air is cold and Venus is rising or setting, falling ice crystals can reflect the planet's light and create a vertical glowing column. Better-known Sun pillars happen for the same reason. spaceweather.com