Space Weather News for August 9, 2010
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 INCOMING CME: The solar eruption of August 7th might affect Earth after
 all. Newly-arriving data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
 (SOHO) show a CME heading our way with a significant Earth-directed
 component. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras when the

 cloud arrives on August 10th. A movie of the CME is featured on today's
 edition of http://spaceweather.com.

 EARLY PERSEID METEORS:  The Perseid meteor shower doesn't peak until
 August 12th, but already late-night sky watchers are seeing a nice display

 of shooting stars.  Observers are counting as many as 20 Perseids per hour

 from dark sky sites, a number that could increase 3- to 5-fold before the
 week is over.  Visit http://spaceweather.com for more information.