Space Weather News for July 28, 2010
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 SOLAR ACTIVITY PICKS UP:  Earlier today, magnetic fields looping over the
 sun's southeastern limb became unstable and erupted. The blast produced a
 bright, towering prominence that attracted the attention of amateur
 astronomers around the world. Meanwhile, on the sun's northeastern limb, a

 big new sunspot is emerging and it is crackling with C-class solar flares.

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 METEOR SHOWER: The University of Western Ontario meteor radar is picking
 up strong returns from the Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower, which
 peaks on July 28th. Sky watchers (particularly in the southern hemisphere)

 should be alert for meteors between about 10 pm and dawn. "Visual
rates
 could be as high as 20 per hour," notes Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid

 Environment Office, "although glare from the nearly full Moon will
make
 many of the fainter meteors difficult to see."