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Space Weather News for March 19, 2017
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SUNSPOT COUNTS HIT 7-YEAR LOW: The face of the sun has been blank (no sunspots)
for 13 consecutive days. The last time this happened was in April of 2010, near
the end of an historically deep Solar Minimum.  The current stretch of blank
suns heralds a new Solar Minimum expected to arrive in 2019-2020.  What does
this mean for space weather? Answers may be found on today's edition of
Spaceweather.com.
 
VENUS AT INFERIOR CONJUNCTION: This week, Venus will pass almost directly
between Earth and the sun--an event astronomers call "inferior solar
conjunction."  As it turns its night side to Earth, the planetary disk of Venus
is transforming into an exquisitely slender crescent easily seen through small
telescopes or binoculars.  Visit Spaceweather.com for photos and observing
tips.
 
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Above: Ofer Gabzo of the Givatayim Observatory in Israel took this picture of
Venus on March 19, 2017.  Browse the Venus Photo Gallery for more.
 
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Regards,
 
Roger

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