4 cool astronomy links

Here's an amazing IMAX-quality film of Saturn, assembled from Cassini images. This was created by a single individual, working from his home, and is still a work-in-progress. You may have seen this when it went viral last year, but the filmmaker recently released an updated version:
http://vimeo.com/33933151

New footage (Earth & Moon):
http://vimeo.com/34001144

More info:
http://www.outsideinthemovie.com

There's a great interview with the filmmaker on the latest episode of Planetary Radio (starting at 7m25s), which is how I heard about it:
http://planetary.org/radio/show/00000480/

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Terri, Events Coordinator
Email: Events@PASAz.org
Phoenix Astronomical Society

Solar Flare headed our way

Space Weather News for Jan. 19, 2011
http://spaceweather.com

EARTH-DIRECTED FLARE: Active sunspot 1401 erupted today, Jan. 19th, for more than an hour around 16:00 UT. The long-duration blast produced an M3-class solar flare and a CME that appears to be heading toward Earth. Forecasters say strong geomagnetic storms are possible when the cloud arrives during the late hours of Jan. 21st. High-latitude (and possibly middle-latitude) sky watchers should be alert for auroras this weekend. Check http://spaceweather.com for movies and updates.

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Terri, Events Coordinator
Email: Events@PASAz.org
Phoenix Astronomical Society