Space Weather News for May 15, 2008
http://spaceweather.com
GLOBAL SATELLITE TRACKING: Spaceweather.com's
simple
Satellite Tracker
has gone global. The tool now works not
only for US and Canadian
readers, but also for sky watchers in
countries around the world. This
development comes as the International
Space Station is making bright and
frequent nightly apparitions over Europe,
Africa, the Middle East, parts
of Asia and Australia. If you live in those
areas, give it a try:
http://spaceweather.com/flybys
POLLEN CORONAS: Warning, this story may
make you sneeze. Swarms of
springtime pollen in the northern hemisphere
are drifting in front of the
sun and making multi-colored coronas
(rings of light) in the sky.
Unlike circular coronas caused by water
droplets in clouds, pollen coronas
have strange elliptical shapes dotted by
colorful bright patches.
Pictures featured on today's edition of
http://spaceweather.com show you
what to look for.
Terri, Events Coordinator
Email: Events@PASAz.org
Phoenix Astronomical Society
