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CHINESE SPACE STATION TRANSITS THE SUN: Solar photographers have grown accustomed to winged spaceships flying in front of the sun. For years, silhouettes of space shuttles and the International Space Station have flitted across the solar disk, producing photo-ops of rare beauty. Now China's space station, the Tiangong-1 ("Heavenly Palace 1"), is joining the show. On May 11th, perhaps for the first time, Thierry Legault of Paris, France, caught the newcomer transiting the sun:​

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"Orbiting Earth at 16,500 mph, the Chinese station flitted across the sun in only 0.9s," says Legault, who captured the split-second transit using a solar-filtered Takahashi FSQ-106 refractor and a Canon 5D Mark II digital camera.​

At the moment, the silhouette of the 19,000 pound Tiangong-1 is dwarfed by its older cousin, the 990,000 pound ISS. Tiangong-1 will grow a little larger in the summer of 2012 when the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft docks with it. Chinese astronauts will be on board for their first visit to the outpost. The Chinese space agency says this is just the first step toward the development of a much larger space station planned for launch in 2020. Stay tuned for more--and bigger--silhouettes.​

You can see Tiangong-1 in the night sky with the naked eye. It can be as bright as a 1st-magnitude star. Check your smartphone or SpaceWeather's Simple Satellite Tracker for sighting opportunities.



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ใครอยากไปฟังเรื่อง solar maximum ที่จะมาถึงในปี 2013 มีผลกับเราอย่างไร?

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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Solar maximum is coming [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k87JdeyQ-m8"]in 2013[/ame]. How will space weather affect you? To answer that question, experts from around the world are gathering for the Space Weather Enterprise Forum (SWEF) on June 5, 2012, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. To learn more and register, please visit the SWEF web site at Space Weather Enterprise Forum 2012.


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Space Weather Enterprise Forum 2012​

Solar Maximum 2013 - How Space Weather Will Affect You! ​

National Press Club
Washington DC
June 5, 2012​

Motivation
As we approach the next peak of solar activity expected in 2013, our Nation faces multiplying uncertainties from increasing reliance on space weather-affected technologies for communications, navigation, security, and other activities, many of which underpin our national infrastructure and economy. We also face increasing exposure to space weather-driven human health risks as trans-polar flights and space activities, including space tourism and space commercialization, increase.

The Forum
The Space Weather Enterprise Forum brings together the space weather community to share information and ideas among policymakers, senior government leaders, researchers, service- provider agencies, private-sector service providers, space weather information users, media, and legislators and staff from Capitol Hill to raise awareness of space weather and its effects on society. This year, we will continue this outreach but will sharpen the focus on critical infrastructure protection, with the necessary underpinnings of research, improved products and services, and applications to serve a broad and growing user community. Our ultimate goal is to improve the Nation’s ability to prepare for, avoid, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the potentially devastating impacts of space weather events on our health, economy, and national security.

Forum Objectives

• Describe space weather, why it matters, and its potential impacts.
• Discuss critical infrastructure protection, mitigation, and response.
• Describe the Unified National Space Weather Capability (UNSWC), and highlight the improvements this interagency initiative has fostered.
• Describe how space weather science benefits the public.
• Improve public understanding of and access to space weather services.

Who Should Attend

• Users, operators, and developers of spacecraft, satellite communications, and high frequency radio and radar communications systems.
• Users, operators, and developers of global positioning systems and applications.
• Users, operators, and developers of the electric power generation system and distribution grid.
• Aircrews, operators, and aircraft design engineers for high-altitude and trans-polar aviation.
• Human spaceflight managers, astronauts, planners, and engineers including suborbital space tourism activities.
• Academic, private sector, and government space weather researchers.
• Commercial space weather data and service providers.
• Government space weather data and service providers.
• Policymakers and analysts in the areas of space, energy, aviation, communications, and national security.
• Congressional members and staff
• Staff of the Executive Office of the President

Registration Required
The forum is open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis but a registration fee of $50 is required for all attendees. Register online by clicking on the Registration link on this page.
Forum Sponsors
The National Space Weather Program Council is organizing the 2012 SWEF through the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research (OFCM), and we would especially like to thank the National Science Foundation for providing the financial support for this year’s forum. Please click on the “National Space Weather Program” link for more information on the program, the Council, the Committee for Space Weather, the OFCM, and the participating agencies.

 

Daily Sun: 16 May 12 <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td></td> </tr> </tbody></table> Previously active sunspot AR1476 continues to decay. Solar activity is low. Credit: SDO/HMI