Third Week of The New Year 2011 Astronomy Study and the Weather Scenario in Visakhapatnam

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Volume 2011, Issue No.1, Dt. 17th January, 2011, Time: 7:34:19 PM

The Weather Scenario and the Astronomy Sky of 17th to 22nd January 2011 at Visakhapatnam

by
Professor Dr Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana
{Retd. Prof. of Phys, SU} 17-11-10, Narsimha Ashram, Official Colony, Maharanipeta.P.O, Visakhapatnam-530002.

ABSTRACT

The 17th January 2011Tuesday there were Earth tremors of magnitude 5.8R in Sumatra, the Indonesia coastal Islands, deep inside ocean at 34kms early morning 2h20m. Pakistan sind province city Jikobabad felt the Earth Quake at around night at 1.23AM on Wednesday 19th January 2011, with epicenter, below the ground about 34kms and is located between Iran and Aghfinistan. In Quetta three people died of heart break. Dalbandin damage to boundary walls of a house occurred. Epicenter was situated about 45kms on the West from Dalbanadani a small town. The Dubai, Delhi Metropolitan city, Rajasthan, western Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana felt the earth tremors of magnitude 7.4R.Also Punjab, Sind, Baluchistan and Iran felt the tremors.

INTRODUCTION:

The Earth tremors in the Indonesia coastal Islands and in Pakistan have changed the atmospheric conditions in the lower and upper atmosphere of the India peninsular region.
The sudden snow fall in Kashmir and Jammu Thai state (-5.2degC), Ladak (-19degC), Leh and Kargil (- 2.2degC) regions led to the drinking water supply to be disconnected since the temperatures reached -4.0degC. Gulmarg recorded below -14degC. The weather shows its subtle influence on the atmosphere and the Astronomy study of the sky is hindered.

Our Observations:

The 14th January 2011 itself the present author noticed that the tap water in Visakhapatnam turned out to be lukewarm. Thus the terrestrial earth has become hot in the interior regions that spread to the surface layers.
An amazing picture of Moon on the Full Moon day revealed the reflections of the Yellow from the Sea spots of the Moon’s surface regions. The spectral analysis made gave the yellow as a mixture of the Green and the Blue colors predominantly. The Red color setting sun has been also spectrally analyzed and it has shown only as a full blown Red color. The setting sun was captured at 5h31mPM while the Full Moon image was obtained at 5h55mPM. Surprisingly it gave a yellow color surface topography Moon features of its seas only*. That’s really a splendid Astronomy Study of the 3rd week in the New Year beginning. The Orange, the Indigo and the Violet color intensities are found to be very low due to the atmosphere absorptions. This is also a significant finding in view of the newly pumped in fine physical constituents of the India Peninsular atmosphere by the Earth tremors that occurred on Tuesday and the Wednesday.

The spectra of the Moon and the Ocean Waves analysis has been made to bring out the salient features of the role of Rao and Anti-Rao quanta which underlay the known stokes and anti-stokes shifts of spectral lines. The nature of their interplay however depends on the exact constituents of the medium such as the ocean waves in which the Moon light reflection could be observed and its spectrum recorded. The intensity profile is an evidence of the possible shifts of spectral lines to occur due to the absorption and involved physical processes of the constituents of the entity such as the Atmosphere. [1] #
The Full Moon day of 19th January 2011 gave a chance to know also the influence of the Earth Quake tremors that occurred in Sumatra Coastal Islands of Indonesia and the Pakistan. The events took place within 48 hours and so the sky is engulfed in fine particulate dust in spite that the Sumatra Earth tremor was deep inside the Ocean. On the 19th evening the clouds have gathered in the atmosphere in Visakhapatnam. In the midnight there was a very thick cloud cover that prevented even the observation of Hunter totally. Only the Sirius was observable and another bright star the Betelgeuse somewhat faintly at around 11h23mPM. On the 18th Evening the sky was covered with a fine fog but bright stars were visible. This was the case just before the Pakistan Earth Quake.
Only after the Pakistan Earth Quake the Sky became very cloudy and the visibility fell down considerably. The possibility that the Ocean tremor that caused the water vapor studded with the fine particulate matter combined with the heavy dust that rose from the Pakistan plain lands have precipitated into the formation of Clouds. The 20th Morning sky around 00h56m was totally foggy, cloudy and with no visibility of even the bright stars.
But the sudden snow fall in Jammu & Kashmir state and Gulmarg region also supports the idea that the upper regions of atmosphere chilly weather of ice crystals has dwindled down to the lower atmosphere levels and there was a movement of thus formed clouds, with the particulate matter of Pakistan Earth tremor, to the South Peninsular region of India.
The weather on the 22nd January 2011 has considerably changed with chilly occasional breeze and the clouds that covered the morning sun shine.

IMAGES


Fig 1 of 16th Jan 2011 at 9h10mPM Moon Spectrum

Fig 2 of img 1851kln Ocean waves Moon reflection spectrum Rao and Anti Rao Quanta Play

Fig 3 IMG_1767kln Moon proximity of Head of Hunter

Fig 4 IMG_1772kln Moon Hunter

Fig 5 IMG_1795kln Near stars of the Moon

Fig 6 IMG_1817kln Hunter and Moon in Fog

Fig 7 IMG_1828kln Full Moon with Punarvasu 2011 Jan


Fig 8 IMG_1832kln Clouds of the Earth Tremors in Delhi and Sumatra Indoneasia Islands

Fig 9 IMG_1851kln Histogram view of Full Moon in thick Foggy Cloud of 20th Jan2011 at 00h56mAM



Fig 10 IMG_1865kln Moon spectrum & reflective spectra in Ocean Waves



Fig 11 Moon and Sun Spectra on the Full Moon Day 19th January 2011

Fig 12 on 21st Jan 2011 Ocean Waves and Moon spectrum




Fig 13 IMG_1890kln Moon ner stars few bright

References:

# The recent publications in the Science and other journals claims to have solved the problem of observation of shifts of spectral lines even at the Biological living single cell level by adoption of changes in the sophisticated electronic devices and modifications in the spectrometers that were historically used since the years 1920-1924. In this context, the present method of analysis is very minimal in the use of instruments for the observation and record of the images of the spectral regions, is very significant. Moreover we have a quantum approach unlike the earlier concepts of classical physics approach. The force field quanta generation has also been modeled by the present author to account for certain discrepancies that were reported in literature of the NQR of chlorine dioxide.

1. The force field quanta generation has also been modeled by the present author to account for certain discrepancies that were reported in literature of the NQR of chlorine dioxide. See my paper no.203 p.144 Section IV Chemical Sciences: 96th Indian Science Congress Association, Jan 3-7, 2009, Shillong, Meghalaya, reproduced below.
No.203. “ The Force Field Effect on the Resonance Structures of Chlorine Dioxide and the Analysis of Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants.”
Abstract: A new method of analysis of the Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants has been made based on the considerations of force field effect contributions to the excess of electron charge, among the various resonance structures. The values obtained are fa=0.3752;fb=0.029;fc=0.4023 respectively for the a, b, c axes of the Chlorine Dioxide molecule. Its force field ellipses etc data is also given.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I am deeply indebted to Prof K Rangadhama Rao D.Sc (Madras) D.Sc. (London) for initiating me and inspiring for research investigations and observations in the subjects of Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics and Astronomy during my upbringing with him during the years 1940 to-date. He was of the opinion, may be just to encourage me, with his beloved wife Mrs. Peramma that my birth in the family gave him new promotions and opportunities of establishment of a research centre in Science & Technology.
ADDENDUM
*Also the Nrsimha God of the temple at Simhachalam in Visakhapatnam has been worshipped with 108 Golden Yellow tropical flowers on the Full Moon Day Thursday 20th Jan 2011. This tropical flower of India has the specialty that the butterflies don’t extract the nectar from these flowers! Also surprisingly the Alwars Bhakthi community of India celebrated the prominence of Tiru Star on the day 22nd January 2011. It is the star termed Makkha (Regulus) in Indian Almanac.
The rapid environmental changes of Visakhapatnam are due to the surface terrestrial changes that are essentially man made. The fine grade red soil of Gajuwaka area is being transported away in a large scale digging the red hills. Earlier the entire belt of the Red soil in the area of UttaGadda behind the RK Mission and below the Buddhists track hills has been cleared away completely and no trace of it could be identified now. Similarly the black beach sands are being shifted away in a big way. Natural and millions of years ago surface topography of Visakhapatnam is being totally disbanded.

The Astronomy Study: The Great Yearly Festival of India of Thanks Giving: Sun entry time into Terrestrial Northern Hemisphere

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Volume 2011, Issue No.1, Dt. 10th January, 2011, Time: 6:13:00 PM
The Second Week of January 2011: Astronomy and Weather Scenario in Visakhapatnam
by
Professor Dr Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana
{Retd. Prof. of Phys, SU} 17-11-10, Narsimha Ashram, Official Colony, Maharanipeta.P.O, Visakhapatnam-530002.Cell 9491902867

ABSTRACT:

Australia, Jammu & Kashmir, Gulmarg, Brazil, have experienced a weather change that has led to a rethinking in many people to understand the phenomenon of Green house emissions that are having it positive effects. Between 6th January and 9th January 2011 the weather has become very chilly then the weather at Visakhapatnam coastal area changed in the wee hours of 10th January 2011. The chilly weather has softened and the 12th morning it was pleasantly cool at 5AM. Till the 9th Jan 2011 the temperatures fell down touching 3.5degC at Chintalapudi agency area and at Lingapalli recorded 1.4degC.The Astronomy observation of the Sky has resulted in record of several prominent stars and the spectra of Venus, Moon and the Sun were obtained and analyzed. The red glow of the entry of Sun into Makara rasi (Zodiac) of India Almanac has been digit image captured and the spectra analyzed. The optical caustics produced around the moon on the 12th January 2011 at 21h42m are found to be phenomenal. The Makara sankramana festival in Sabarmati hills in India, Kerala state on the 13th January 2011 has highlighted the news of observation of a flaming light called the Makara Jyothi at 6h30mPM. The news channel reported it as observation of a star.

Keywords: Astronomy, SUN spectrum, Mutational yields

Introduction:


As far the weather is concerned the El Nino warming and La Nino cooling phenomenon in the tropical Pacific Ocean might alter the weather patterns. But global warming, some thought would alter clouds in a way that would depreciate the warming while majority assert that they would amplify the warming but would not help to dampen it. The Green House gas emissions by the year 2030 would show effect of an increased Earth’s average temperature by about few degC that would melt the icebergs world over at the poles. This would raise sea levels and perhaps the Mauritius islands would disappear from the Global terrestrial map. The Chintapalli agency area after about 15 years recorded 2.8degC on Tuesday 11th Jan 2011 while it was on 1966 December 1st 12 degC, and on December 24th it was 4degC .The report of Gulmarg snow scenario continues be an attraction this year while Jammu & Kashmir has only a shivering cold with no much snow fall and so it deterred the tourists to J &K state. Brazil has experienced heavy floods and many landslides have occurred during the Friday to Wednesday 12th January 2011. The rivers have brought in tons of mud that hindered the river traffic. Nova Freiburg, Teresopolis and Petropolis people and villages have got submerged in water floods.

The Great festival of India

Of the Astronomy interest, the Great festival of India, practically a thanks giving day of the agricultural crop yields and the produce storage by farmers, is that the Sun would move from Sagittarius (Dhanurasi) to Capriconius (Makara) on the 14th January 2011 at night 11h30m. But another Almanac calendar of AP says it is 11h21m on13th January 2011 and terms it as Sankramana (entry into Zodiac sign) beginning while the Makar Month begins on 14th January 2011. Some TV news reviewers give that Sankranthi festival is on 15th January 2011 since the Bharani Nakshtra fell on Friday after about 72 years. And possibly during the dates of 15th January to 17th January 2011 the expected a flame like light (Makara Jyothi) would be seen near the Ayyappa hills of South India. The Makara sankramana festival in Sabarmati hills in India, Kerala state on the 13th January 2011 has highlighted the news of observation of a flaming light called the Makara Jyothi at 6h30mPM. The news channels reported it as observation of a star.The observation of it at 6h30m means that the Sun has left the Dhanur Rasi (Zodiac) and entered the Makara Rasi(Zodiac). So SUN would now traverse the Zodiac cycle of the Universe facing the North. Accordingly on the Earth the Sun would have an apparent motion in the Northern hemisphere. This event and the subsequent few months are regarded as very auspicious for the Indians.


OUR OBSERVATIONS

Already the weather being clear the Venus has been found shinning bright in the East-South at Visakhapatnam on the 12th Jan 2011 morning around 5h30m.The Sirius star spectrum showed its total blue shine on the 12th January 2011 at 21h45m.This is the first time I could record it with an ordinary digital camera. The star lying on the South of the Sirius is very bright enough to be observed (Canopus?) with a naked eye in spite of the Visakhapatnam Harbor light pollution of the Southern Sky. It forms as a “skymark” of the sky for the star gazers for many years to lapse.
An important and significant img_1635kln shows the Moon almost an exact half disc at 17h17m on the evening of 12th January 2011 just before the SUN SET. The surface topography structures of the Moon are quite vivid in the picture.The optical caustics produced around the moon on the 12th January 2011 at 21h42m are found to be phenomenal are analyzed for Intensity profiles given in Fig 14.

Of a great interest are the Sun spectra recorded with their reflections in the Bay of Bengal Ocean seashore in Visakhapatnam on the morning hours of the 14th January 2011 the first of the Three Days of a Great Festival in India. The red glow of the entry of Sun into Makara rasi (Zodiac) of India Almanac has been digit image captured and the spectra analyzed on the 15th January 2011. The Makara star has been identified just before the SUN rise by the present author on the Sea Coast beach of Visakhapatnam near the RK Mission. In the ensuing years the author feels that this finding would be followed by the Sabaramali pilgrims’ at Visakhapatnam beach itself and the crowds would gather there with binoculars and telescopes for image capturing of the neat year’s Makara Sankramana event.

Fig 1 IMG_1602kln Moon Jupiter near stars Cloud dispersion of Moon light



Fig 2 North Stars and Moon Spectra img 1609



Fig 3 Jupiter spectrum img 1599 and 1600kln



Fig 4 IMG_1613kln Moon Jupiter Duo Hunter (Mrigasira) Sirius Triangle South Star Horizon



Fig 5 IMG_1635kln Moon half Disc Good




Fig 6 Moon from Hunter Stars IMG_1640kln



Fig 7 Venus spectra Moon Spectra with Jupiter Intensity Profiles img 1626 1614 1630 1615kln



Fig 8 IMG_1651kln Sirius Spectrum recorded



Fig 9 IMG_1656kln Moon with Aswani (Aries) till 13th Jan2011 20h54m Festival Bringi Vahana Shri Saila


Fig 10 IMG_1660kln mag view of Hunter Moon



Fig 11 Sun entering the Makara Rasi on 13th Evening at 6h30mPM



Fig 12 IMG_1667kln Sirius and Canopus Stars & near by



Fig 13 IMG_1673kln Venus and two bright stars



Fig 14 IMG_1680kln SUN spectra of imgs 1680 to 1683 Rao and Anti-Rao Quanta Evidence



Fig 15 IMG_1684 85 86 87kln SUN spectra of Rao and Anti-Rao Quanta Evidence



Fig 16 of the 12th Jan 2011 at 9h46mPM Sirius spectrum



Fig 17 IMG_1689kln Makara Bhogi Moon from Kitchen KLN

Fig 18 IMG_1693kln Several stars between Hunter and Moon



Fig 19 IMG_1698kln Moon apparoaching Rohin and Mrigasira Head



Fig 20 IMG_1707kln Venus Mercury and the Makara Nakshtra just before Sun rise



Fig 20 IMG_1707kln Venus Mercury and the Makara Nakshtra just before Sun rise



Fig 21 IMG_1723kln The Makra Sun RED color Jyothi at 6h35mon15thJan2011




Fig 22 IMG_1745kln Moon in Kritthika rasi of six stars and approaching Rohin Aldebaran


Fig 23 IMG_1746kln Moon with Hunter



Fig 24 Makara Red hue of the SUN rise digitized on 15th Jan 2011 Morning



Fig 25 the 15th Jan2011 morning SUN makara rasi spectra


The Indian Almanac

The Indian Almanac says that Moon near four stars of the Uttar(2 stars) till afternoon 4h19m on 11th of January 2011 and Purva bhadra(2 stars) till noon at 13h42m on the 10th January 2011(these total four amount to like legs of a cot Refer the Fig 6 of img-1645 taken on 12th Jan at 21h34m). The findings though corroborate the descriptions of the Indian Almanac the identifications and time of their proximity to Moon seem to slightly differ. This is the main reason why ancient Pundits were gathering once a year at Ujjain or elsewhere in India to ascertain the observation of stars and verification of their times of Moon proximity in different Zodiac signs. Hundreds of such records made have simply vanished. On 12th till evening 18h46m Moon would be near Pisces (Revathi nakshtra a collection of 3 bright stars).The img_1656 given in Fig 9 clearly shows the proximity of the Moon near three stars that have been described in Indian Calendar as the Head of a Horse i.e. Aswini. It falls in the constellation of Aries. This has occurred at 19h06m on the 13th January 2011. Surprisingly the Indian Temple at Saileswara Dam region celebrated the Day in the night on Thursday at around 19h30m, specifying that the worshiped idol of Siva known as Mallanna is kept in the Southern gate of the ancient temple in Shri Sailam. My finding would be a great contribution to reorder the Indian Almanac with the correct timings and as well to streamline many versions of the Panchang among the Indian Pundits and Astronomers. This method of study by digital imaging would naturally catch up positively and confidently with their divine worship exercises in future.

RESULTS:

The red glow of the entry of Sun into Makara rasi (Zodiac) according to India Almanac has been digit image captured and the spectra analyzed on the 15th January 2011. The Makara star has been identified just before the SUN rise by the present author on the Sea Coast beach of Visakhapatnam near the RK Mission. So In the ensuing years the author feels that this finding would be followed by the Sabaramali pilgrims’ at Visakhapatnam beach itself and the crowds would gather there with binoculars and telescopes for image capturing of the neat year’s Makara Sankramana event. Moon has been observed with an apparent motion towards the Hunter of Orion Constellation and Aldebaran.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT:

I am indebted to late Prof. K. Rangadhama Rao D.Sc. (Madras) D.Sc. (London) for initiating me to do research studies and for his constant guidance during my professional career.

First Week of The New Year 2011 Astronomy and Weather Scenario in Visakhapatnam

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Volume 2011, Issue No.1, Dt. 6th January, 2011, Time: 12:38:55

The Weather Scenario of 2nd to 4th Jan 2011 and the possible effects of the Partial Solar Eclipse
by
Professor Dr Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana
{Retd. Prof. of Phys, SU} 17-11-101, Narsimha Ashram, Official Colony, Maharanipeta.P.O, Visakhapatnam-530002.

ABSTRACT:

The sudden change of weather on 2nd January 2011 evening with the descent of dense fog reducing the visibility by 40% is a consequence of the chilly winds that have blown from the North to the South in India. Certain gravity waves, doggy sun visions and the cluster formations of the clouds were very fascinating since the entire city has been engulfed in a dense fog. Sun spectrum intensity profiles at the Sun rise later during the eclipse period of 12h10m11s to 16h30m54s have been obtained. The Sun spectra with the X-Ray film filter and directly of the Sun could be obtained in spite of the possible damage to the pixel digital camera sensitivity. The mornings in Visakhapatnam are a great hindrance to observe the Sun rise in its purity and totality. The harbor environmental pollution also adds to the smog and the fog of the winter season.
Keywords: Gravity waves, Sun visible spectra, Cloud formations, fog.

INTRODUCTION

The chilly and snow weather engulfed the North India extreme regions of Jammu & Kashmir valleys and the Himalayan range. The weather in USA and Europe was also very snowy, blocking the several roads, pathways and cold. On 2nd January 2011, Araku Valley near Visakhapatnam and New Delhi are equally dense with fog. In New Delhi temperature maximum was only 14.6degC which is about 6degC less than the expected temperature. Leh recorded -23degC and Gulmarg, Southern Kashmir Pahalgaon, recorded less than -12degC. Bajigunda patanam has recorded -7.4degC. Anantha Nag and Kokarnag have recorded -6degC. On Sunday 2nd January 2011 Srinagar recorded -2.4degC. There were chilly winds that caused some deaths. The first snow fall in Jammu & Kashmir was on 30th December 2010.

Partial Solar Eclipse:


The occurrence of partial Solar Eclipse over the North India, North Europe North Africa and West Asia and the Islands of the Arabian Sea on the Tuesday 2011 for about four noon hours has affected the onset of weather changes considerably. On the mid afternoon of the 5th January 2011 the chilly weather suddenly took over Visakhapatnam that continued to the afternoon of 6th January 2011.In Europe morning partial eclipse was only barely visible.

IMAGES:

Fig 1 IMG_1527kln Gravity Waves on 2nd Jan 2011 evening



Fig 2 IMG 1540kln on 4th Jan 2011 Sun Spectrum at Sun rise through Fog


Fig 3 IMG 1544kln Direct spectrum of Sun at 12h16m on 4th Jan 2011



Fig 4 IMG 1550 1551 Sun Spectrum at 14h10m Xray filter and direct 4th Jan2011



Fig 5 Sun through an X-Ray film strip 4th Jan 2011



Fig 6 Partial Solar Eclipse View in a Panchang

Fig 7 img1562 of SUN on6thJan2011at5h03mPMspectrum



Fig 8 GOES 4th Jan 2011[Ref.4]



Fig 9 IMG_1586kln Mrigashira Hunter a clear view of even the colors
Note the Nebulae Brilliance Below the Belt region



Fig 10 Spectra of Moon contrast with Jupiter on 9th Jan 2011 at 19h17m

ACKNOWLEDGMENT:

I am indebted to late Professor K Rangadhama Rao D.Sc. (Madras) D.Sc. (London) of JVD College of Science & Technology, Andhra University, Waltair for his stimulation, encouragement and constant help in my research endeavour.

REFERENCES:

0. SpaceWeather.com:

A solar wind stream flowing from the indicated coronal hole should reach Earth around Jan. 5th or 6th.Sun Spot number 54.Sunspot 1142 was found growing and began to crackle with C-Class solar flares. The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet levels during day 1 (05 January) of the forecast period. Activity is expected to increase to quiet to unsettled levels on days 2 and 3 (06 - 07 January) as a recurrent coronal hole high speed stream begins to disturb the field.06 Jan2011. A solar wind stream flowing from the indicated coronal hole should reach Earth around Jan. 7th. Photo taken by Antonio Finazzi, Castel Venzago di Lonato (BS) in Italy. Jan. 4, 2011.

1. INDIA NEWS ECLIPSE
In Delhi, the eclipse started at about 3.12 p.m., with the peak being at 3.32 p.m. hours and ended at 3.52 p.m. The maximum portion of the Sun covered during the eclipse was only three per cent, Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) General Secretary Sachin Bhambha said.In India, the eastern fringe of the penumbral shadow of the Moon passed over the Kutch and other parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, retired Prof. R. C. Kapoor of Indian Institute of Astro Physics said. The next best opportunity to see a solar eclipse covering major parts of the country will be on December 26, 2019. In 2011, a total of six solar eclipses will occur — four solar and two lunar. N. Raghunandan Kumar of Planetary Society of India said a combination of four solar and two lunar eclipses in a single year will occur only six times during the 21st century — 2011, 2029, 2047, 2065, 2076 and 2094. The Eclipse is happening in the Purvashadha Nakshatra of Dhanu Rashi hence Ganesha advises the people of Dhanu rashi and purvashadha nakshatra to remain alert for health issues. You may keep chanting OM SURYAYA NAMAH or THE GAYATRI MANTRA. Posted by admin on January 4, 2011 • surya grahan Surya Grahan on January 4, 2011 is only partially visible in Northwestern parts of India – parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Time in India is from – 15:11:49 hrs to 15:52:02 hrs.s. People of European cities such as Madrid (Spain), Paris (France), London (UK), Copenhagen (Denmark), etc. A partial solar eclipse as seen from the town of Givatayim near Tel Aviv, Israel. A partial solar eclipse began Tuesday in the skies over the Mideast and will extend across much of Europe, 4 Jan 2011
2. Published January 4, 2011

Sweden, saw the maximum eclipse, with about 80 percent coverage. The morning skies over Europe, the Mideast and elsewhere dimmed in an unnatural twilight early Tuesday when the moon blocked part of the sun in the first partial solar eclipse of the year. In Rome, cloudy skies made the solar eclipse a touch eerie as the moon appeared to take a bite out of the sun during the three-hour eclipse. "It was a memorable experience, and I feel lucky to [have seen] it," said astronomer Gianluca Masi of Italy, who observed the event as part of the Virtual Telescope Project. Masi watched the partial solar eclipse from Rome, where the sun was just under two-thirds — about 61 percent — obscured by the moon. In Sweden, where the eclipse was at its maximum, the moon blocked out about 80 percent of the sun's disk. Skywatcher Dennis Put of Maasvlakte in the Netherlands snapped stunning photos of the solar eclipse at sunrise, despite a disheartening weather forecast. "The expectations on viewing the eclipse the day before were not very high due to a great chance on complete cloud overcast, but it turned out well!" Put said in a description of the event. Put's photos show the solar eclipse already under way as the sun was rising, giving the dawn what he described as a "double sunrise" look. At one point, an airplane passed across the face of the sun, offering a double eclipse of sorts. There were still some clouds that in the sky over the Netherlands, but Put said they didn't intrude too much. In all, Put took 675 photos of the partial solar eclipse. "A successful eclipse!" he exclaimed. Likewise, Masi said the eclipse still dazzled, despite a cloudy sky above Rome. "The clouds added some special flavor the images," Masi told Space.com in an e-mail. Masi said the sun was low on Rome's southeastern horizon during the eclipse. Tuesday's partial solar eclipse began over Algeria. According to Sky & Telescope magazine, millions of skywatchers across Europe and parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia had a chance to observe the eclipse, weather permitting. "Europeans won't get another opportunity to see the sun covered to this extent until March 20, 2015," Sky & Telescope reported before the event.
3. GOES DATA:

The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet levels during day 1 (05 January) of the forecast period. Activity is expected to increase to quiet to unsettled levels on days 2 and 3 (06 - 07 January) as a recurrent coronal hole high speed stream begins to disturb the field.
4. ASTRONOMY:

To start the day off we have Mercury shining brightly in the east-southeastern sky about an hour before the sun comes up. Then, you can find Venus, also shining bright, far to the upper right of Mercury. Saturn rises at about 1:00 am ET, but it becomes best to view during dawn as well. Find it to the far upper right of Venus in the south-southeast. Mars remains hidden in the glow of the sunset for now. The Winter Triangle is now seen up in the east-southeast at around 8:00 pm ET. It is made up of Orion's star Betelgeuse, the star Procyon to the left and brilliant Sirius on the bottom. It is actually nicer and brighter than its counterpart, The Summer Triangle, appearing more colorful and even more equilateral. Vega can be spotted low in the northwestern sky after it gets dark and Deneb, which is the head of the Northern Cross, is seen right above it.
5. ScienceDaily (Jan. 6, 2011)

"We were dumbfounded," said Roger Blandford, who directs the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, jointly located at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University. The Crab Nebula, one of our best-known and most stable neighbors in the winter sky, is shocking scientists with a propensity for fireworks -- gamma-ray flares set off by the most energetic particles ever traced to a specific astronomical object. See our previous blog Friday, December 31, 2010 The Astronomy Study at Visakhapatnam at the Year 2010 end Week trusciencetrutechnology@blogspot.com, Volume 2010, Issue No.12, Dt.27th December 2010 Time: 14h43m, on a brilliant spot observed in Hunter-Orion Constellation the sword region.

A Gift of the New Year 2011 for Astronomy: The Simultaneous record of Venus and Moon Visible Spectra & Intensity Profiles Analysis

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Volume No 2011, Issue No.1, Dt. 1st January 2011 Time:16:43:55
by
Professor Dr Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana
{Retd. Prof. of Phys,SU} 17-11-10, Narsimha Ashram, Official Colony, Maharanipeta.P.O, Visakhapatnam-530002.Cell 9491902867


ABSTRACT:


The 1st January 2011 offered a very nice Astronomy event of proximity of Moon and the Planet Venus. The simultaneous record of the visible spectra of the light emitted by Moon and the Venus could be image captured in the same frame. The spectra have been analyzed and the intensity profiles obtained. The Saturn however is too feeble to observe and record the spectrum by the digital canon camera.


Introduction:

A. Facts about Planet Venus from Google Search:

* Diameter: 12,100 km. It is about 1040km smaller in diameter than Earth
* Temperature: Ranges from 900F+/- 50F (about 500°C +/- 32°C) at the surface
* Distance from Earth: At its closest, Venus is 41,840,000 km away
* Atmosphere: Carbon dioxide (95%), nitrogen, sulfuric acid, and traces of other elements
* Surface: A rocky, dusty, waterless expanse of mountains, canyons, and plains, with a 200-mile river of hardened lava
* Rotation of its axis: 243 Earth days (1 Venusian Day)
* Rotation around the Sun: 225 Earth days
* Magnetic Field: No
Venus is the brightest object in the sky besides our Sun and the Moon. It is also known as the morning star because at sunrise it appears in the east and evening star as it appears at sunset when it is in the west. It cannot be seen in the middle of the night. A Venusian day is 243 Earth days and is longer than its year of 225 days. Oddly, Venus rotates from east to west (retrograde - opposite to that of earth). If you were on Venus, the Sun would rise in the west and set in the east.Venus and Earth are close together in space and similar in size, which is the reason Venus is called Earth's sister planet. It's brightness is due to two things. Firstly it is quite close to earth compared to the other planets. Secondly it is highly reflective and a lot of sunlight bounces off the planet. Venus was once thought to be a tropical planet rich in vegetation. It was difficult to find out what the surface of Venus was like because it was always covered in cloud. The temperature at ground level was 840 degrees fahrenheit, the atmospheric pressure was 90 times that of earth and the atmosphere was highly corrosive. The extremely high temperatures on Venus seem to have been caused by the high quantities of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which has lead to the greenhouse effect, so an understanding of our sister planet could have profound importance for the future of our own.


B. Atmosphere:

Possessing sulfuric acid clouds, the atmosphere of Venus is mostly carbon dioxide (96 percent), nitrogen (3.5 percent), and carbon monoxide, argon, sulfur dioxide, and water vapor (all less than 1 percent). The atmosphere is so thick and heavy that it bends light, making the ground appear to curve upward in all directions. The planet's atmosphere is ninety times heavier than Earth's. Orion the Hunter appears conspicuous in the eastern sky as twilight fades, and it grows even more prominent after darkness settles in. The star group climbs highest in the south around 11 p.m. local time, when it stands about halfway to the zenith from mid-northern latitudes. On 2nd Jan 2011this evening, Jupiter fits the bill perfectly. The brilliant planet lies just 0.6° due south of Uranus. If you center Jupiter through your binoculars, Uranus’ blue-green glow appears just to its north. Because both planets are drifting slowly eastward relative to the background stars of Pisces, they will remain close for most of January. So, if the weather doesn’t cooperate tonight, you’ll have more chances in the coming weeks.


Our Observations:


The simultaneous record of the spectrum of the Venus and the Moon within one frame of a digital image capture happens to be the NEW YEAR 2011 gift from this web Blog Dashboard. Other morning observations are presented below.


Images:

Fig 1 of 1st Jan2011 pics of Moon Venus kln from Movie at 16x


Fig 2 IMG_1515kln Moon Venus Spectra both at the same timeat5h36mAMon1stjan2011


Fig 3 IMG_1504kln Venus Spectrum 1stjan2011at4h34mAM


Fig 4 IMG_1522kln Moon Venus and two bright stars Simultaneous record of spectrum of Moon and the Venus in the same frame of Digital Imaging with Canon Camera

ACKNOWLEDGMENT:

I am deeply indebted to late Professor K.Rangadhama Rao D.Sc.(Madras) D.Sc.(London) of JVDCollege of Science & Technology, Andhra University, Waltair, for his intiation and stimulation provide to me to be researcher in Fundamental Physics.