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Sun

Moon
Sun Moon age: 19 days, 17 hours, 34 minutes,69%

 

Sunspot Activity
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DIY Sunspot Viewer 		Sunset: 4:52pm
Sunrise: 6:59am
Daylight: 09:52 		moon 68% illuminated - Waning Gibbous
Moonrise: 10:37pm (21-Nov-2024)
Moonset: 12:26pm (21-Nov-2024)
Waning Gibbous

 
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Sunspot Count for Last 30 Days
Sunspots last 30 days
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Graph courtesy: Newquay Weather 		Sunspot Counts for this Year
Sunspots this Year
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Graph courtesy: Newquay Weather 		Yearly Sunspot Count since 1700
Sunspots since 1700
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Space Weather
First Quarter Moon Full Moon Last Quarter Moon New Moon
First Quarter Moon Full Moon Last Quarter Moon New Moon
Sat, 09-Nov-2024 12:55am EST
09 November 2024 05:55 GMT		 Fri, 15-Nov-2024 4:28pm EST
15 November 2024 21:28 GMT		 Fri, 22-Nov-2024 8:28pm EST
23 November 2024 01:28 GMT		 Sun, 01-Dec-2024 1:21am EST
01 December 2024 06:21 GMT


Vernal Equinox
Start of Spring		 Summer Solstice
Start of Summer		 Autumn Equinox
Start of Fall		 Winter Solstice
Start of Winter
Start of Spring First day of Summer First day of Fall First day of Winter
Tue, 19-Mar-2024 11:06pm EDT
20 March 2024 03:06 GMT		 Thu, 20-Jun-2024 4:51pm EDT
20 June 2024 20:51 GMT		 Sun, 22-Sep-2024 8:44am EDT
22 September 2024 12:44 GMT		 Sat, 21-Dec-2024 4:20am EST
21 December 2024 09:20 GMT

 


Astronomy Fact
Saturn is not the only planet with rings- Jupiter and Neptune have ring systems too.

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Hyperphysics

Space Track-Satellite Passes

International Space Station View Look AnglesESV Ground Trace
Satellite Ground Trace courtesy: Heavens-Above.com
Bright Satellite List for your location.

Notes about viewing ESVs:
When using lookangles, choose passes with high magnitudes; less than 6.0. ("Looks" are local time.)
Best viewing is when ESV is in Earth's penumbra; on the map, it's the solid line during night.
Dotted line on map denotes ESV is dark, in Earth's umbra (shadow).
Objects in orbit have to maintain a speed of at least 17,500mph, therefore ESVs traverse the sky noticeably different than aircraft.
ESVs appearing to blink are either tumbling rocket bodies, or spinning payloads with deployed solar arrays.
High-Eccentricity objects have a more ellongated orbit. Ground trace looks like a backwards C.
Regression-Ground traces will move West with each orbit due to Earth's rotation.