ONE YEAR AGO TODAY - HISTORIC GEOMAGNETIC STORM AND KOSMOS 482 IS DOWN

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AURORA AUSTRALIS
Taken by GREG REDFERN on May 10, 2024 @ 32 S Latitude, off the W coast of South Africa, just N of Cape Town, underway at sea in the South Atlantic Ocean 

    Credit

    Spaceweather.com

One year ago today we experienced a HISTORIC Geomagnetic Storm.  

UPDATE

KOSMOS 482 DEORBITED on Saturday, likely over the Indian Ocean.

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Will you see the Soviet spaceship Kosmos 482’s fiery reentry tonight?

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Get more info here.

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Japan's Resilience moon lander arrives in lunar orbit ahead of June 5 touchdown

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Resilience, a lunar lander built by the Japanese company ispace, snapped this photo of the moon during a close flyby on Feb. 15, 2025. 

(Image credit: ispace via SPACE.com)

Read all about the next lunar mission to attempt landing.

I'll be following the mission to keep you apprised.

Sky Guy in VA

NEW WAY TO TUNE INTO TO NASA

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NASA Live Coverage, Original Content Now Streaming on Prime Video

Get all the info here.

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EXCELLENT ARTICLE ON THE AURORA

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I highly recommend this EXCELLENT article on the Aurora. 

I have gifted the link but you have to create a free account to see it - sorry - but it IS worth doing so to see the article in my humble opinion.

This has been an excellent couple of years for seeing the Aurora in Virginia and elsewhere around the world. 

These are some of my images with smartphone and camera.

Sky Guy in VA

ETA AQUARIID METEOR SHOWER PEAK - EARLY MORNING 5 & 6 MAY

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The radiant point of the Eta Aquariid meteor shower is near the star Eta Aquarii in the constellation Aquarius the Water Bearer. 

(Courtesy EarthSky.org)

Get the low down here.

Sky Guy in VA

UPDATE ON PLANET NINE

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From Space.com

Here's the latest on the search results for the POSSIBLE planet NINE believed by some to be lurking deep in the outer regions of our solar system .

As stated in the article, new space and ground based telescopes should be able to resolved the question of whether Planet Nine exists.

Stay tuned.

Sky Guy in VA