Space Weather News for Oct. 1, 2010   
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   APPROACHING COMET: Green comet 103P/Hartley 2 is approaching Earth for a close   
   encounter on Oct. 20th. At that time, the comet will be only 11 million miles   
   (0.12 AU) from our planet and should be dimly visible to the naked eye from   
   dark sky sites. It already looks great through backyard telescopes, as shown   
   by images featured on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com. NASA's Deep   
   Impact/EPOXI spacecraft is en route to this comet for close-up studies and a   
   daring flyby on Nov. 4th.   
       
   UPSIDE-DOWN LIGHTNING OVER THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER:  An amateur photographer   
   has photographed rare lightning-like discharges called "gigantic jets"   
   shooting up from storm clouds near NASA's Kennedy Space Center.  Visit   
   http://spaceweather.com for a movie and more information about the phenomenon.   
       
   SPACE WEATHER ALERTS:  With the coming of northern autumn, aurora season is   
   underway. Would you like a call when geomagnetic storms erupt at your   
   latitude?  Sign up for Space Weather Phone: http://spaceweatherphone.com   
       
       
   Regards,   
       
   Roger   
      
   --- D'Bridge 3.55   
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