Animation courtesy Peter Zimnikoval of Banska Bystrica, Slovakia; Source: Spaceweather.com 10/12/2023

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: OCTOBER  12,  2023

RING OF FIRE SOLAR ECLIPSE–THIS WEEKEND: If you’re in the Americas, you can witness a solar eclipse this weekend. The action begins on Saturday morning, Oct. 14th, when the Moon’s shadow makes landfall in the Pacific northwest corner of North America; it ends at sunset in Brazil. This animation shows the progress of the eclipse zone.

Inside the red circle, the Moon will pass directly in front of the sun, producing an annular eclipse. The sun will look like it has a black hole right in the middle of it. Within the gray zones, the eclipse is partial; the sun will look like a crescent.

You must have eclipse glasses to view this event. The eclipse is not total. The lunar disk will be a little too small to block the whole sun, so even at maximum coverage a ring of fire will be visible–very cool, yet at the same time potentially dangerous to stare at.

THE GREAT MAYAN ECLIPSE: Yucatán México October 14, 2023

The Annular Solar Eclipse’s path of  totality will cross the western U.S. and parts of the Yucatán in México as well as Central and South America.

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Official NASA Live Broadcast: Scheduled 10/14/2023
Introduction and Notification for Live Broadcast

SOLAR WIND, INCOMING: A stream of solar wind is expected to reach Earth later today, Oct. 12th. The gaseous material is flowing ~500 km/s from a narrow hole in the sun’s atmosphere. Its arrival could spark geomagnetic unrest and auroras around the Arctic Circle.

SOLAR WIND, INCOMING: A stream of solar wind is expected to reach Earth later today, Oct. 12th. The gaseous material is flowing ~500 km/s from a narrow hole in the sun’s atmosphere. Its arrival could spark geomagnetic unrest and auroras around the Arctic Circle.