Ingresses and magnetic storms

[Guest guest]

This is old news, but not to me and perhaps others.

There is an astrophysical basis for some tropical

ingresses; I don't think there is an identical one for

the sidereals, unless they are close enough

temporally. I'm going to take a look.

 

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" What an awesome display! " exclaimed Ronnie Sherrill

of Troutman, North Carolina, where the sky " exploded

into bright red and yellowish beams. " The auroras were

so bright Sherrill and others saw them against an

early evening sky still lit by faint sunshine.

 

It was a good time to be outside.

 

Indeed, it may have been the best time: Autumn nights

are long and dark, but not yet wintry-cold -- a good

combination for sky watching. But there's more to it

than that, say researchers. Geomagnetic storms that

ignite auroras actually happen more often during the

months around the equinoxes -- that is, early Autumn

and Spring.

 

It's a bit puzzling. Solar activity does not depend on

Earth's seasons. Why should geomagnetic storms?

 

" We've known about this seasonal effect for more than

100 years, " says Dennis Gallagher, a space physicist

at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. " Some

aspects of it are understood, but not all. "

 

Here is the full story:

 

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast26oct_1.htm

 

 

On another note, I opened a new

today just about symbols in either zodiac.

 

 

starsymbols/

 

 

Please check it out.

 

Jerry