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   Space Weather News for Jan. 12, 2017   
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   SUNSPOTS VANISH: So far this year, the sun has been blank more than 90% of the   
   time. Only one very tiny sunspot observed for a few hours on Jan. 3rd   
   interrupted a string of spotless days from New Year's through Jan. 11th. To   
   find a similar sequence of blank suns, we have to go back to May of 2010,   
   almost 7 years ago. What does this mean? Visit today's edition of   
   Spaceweather.com for the full story.   
      
   SPACE WEATHER CONTINUES: No sunspots? No problem. Observers around the Arctic   
   Circle are still observing magnificent auroras. A new apparition is possible   
   on Jan. 12th or 13th when a narrow stream of solar wind is expected to brush   
   against Earth's magnetic field. NOAA forecasters estimate a 35% chance of   
   polar geomagnetic storms. Monitor the realtime aurora gallery for sightings.   
      
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   This morning in Abisko, Sweden, an automated auroracam recorded green ribbons   
   dancing above the moonlit snowscape. The sunspot number at the time: Zero.   
   Credit: Lights over Lapland.   
      
      
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   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+ W10 (1607)   
    * Origin: NCS BBS - Houma, LoUiSiAna - (1:3828/7)