Subject: Solar Activity Alert
Space Weather News for Dec. 31, 2007
> http://spaceweather.com <SOLAR ACTIVITY: The New Year could begin with a bang--or rather a solar
flare. A sunspot hidden just behind the sun's eastern limb has unleashed
two X-ray flares and a bright CME (coronal mass ejection) in the past 24
hours. This activity could signal the return of large sunspot 978, which
has spent the last two weeks transiting the far side of the sun. Today or
tomorrow, the sun's rotation should carry the active region over the limb
and into view from Earth; then we can evaluate its potential for more flares
and CMEs. Visit http://spaceweather.com for images and updates.HEAVENLY MEETING: Last night, emerald Comet 8P/Tuttle glided by spiral
galaxy M33 producing a heavenly scene for astrophotographers around the
world. Dozens of photos may be found in Spaceweather's Comet Tuttle
gallery: