JUNE 6, 2016

Random interesting stuff with the significance of JUNE 6, 2016...

• #1 June 6, 2016 is being looked at as 666

(see below for more information)

• #2 Atheist Pride Day, D-Day

• #3 A rare astrological alignment of Venus behind the Sun

• #4 One Jubilee of 49 years after the Israelis took back over East Jerusalem and the Temple Mount

• #5 The Egyptian pyramids will provide direction to Bethlehem (supposedly regarding a descending shift, anti-messiah)

• #6 Will be the start to WWIII after Europe closes its boarders to refugees (it will primarily be with China and Russia against U.S.)

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Regarding #1

"Daniel: 7 The USA and Obama

‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. 

After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings. He will speak against the Most High and oppress his holy people and try to change the set times and the laws. The holy people will be delivered into his hands for a time, times and half a time."
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"No Trump Presidency 2016-2019 Obama Antichrist

The research for David Montaigne's previous book (End Times and 2019) leads him to conclude 
that the first three and a half years, although full of problems like earthquakes and wars and 
rumors of wars – will not be intense enough to make anyone assume the world is ending. Only 
the second three and a half years will clearly be “great tribulation.” That being said, the final 
seven years already began on December 21, 2012 – when plans were made for the “Covenant 
of Peoples” tour in Israel and the Mayan Long Count ended. When Daniel talks about a midpoint 
halfway through these seven years, I believe he is referring to June 2016. The duration of his 
first time period is repeated often using different phrases to avoid possible misinterpretation. 
“Time, times, and half a time” are considered to be three and a half years, or 42 months, or 
“1260 days” using 42 months of 30 days each. Adding Daniel’s next number of “1290 days” 
gets us within a few days of an exact seven years in total – but it still leaves us with an extra 
3 days of darkness to add to each half to reach an exact seven years. The two witnesses will
lie dead in the street for three days at the end of the second half. I believe the extra 3 days at 
the end of the first three and a half years can be explained by an assassination attempt on the 
Antichrist exactly 1260 days into Daniel’s 70th week on June 3, 2016. He will appear to be 
mortally wounded at first, but in a tragic mockery of Christ’s resurrection, he will rise fully 
healed 3 days later, and present himself at the site of the Temple in Jerusalem as God on 
earth on June 6, 2016.

As on earth, so it is in heaven: when the Antichrist enters the Temple, Venus appears to enter 
the Sun. The Morningstar (Lucifer/Antichrist=Venus) enters the Temple (goes directly behind 
the Sun/altar of fire in the Temple.) As the Sun also represents Christ, and Venus is on the 
opposite (anti-) side we have our astronomical Antichrist in the right position. This is a rare 
event that happens on just 9 days every 105 years… And even the date fits activity for the 
Antichrist – the sixth day of the sixth month of a year ending in six – the only 6-6-6 date 
during the entire tribulation.

The odds of Venus going behind the sun on any given day are about 9/(105*365.25) – about 1 
in 4261 odds. It only happens on a 6-6-6 date one day out of every 15,563,302 days. That 
means on average it would not happen again like this for about 42,611 years. It is a VERY 
rare sign.

There are many other clues pointing to this date which require a more detailed explanation. 
The easiest one to explain in this short article is the JUBILEE.

In the Old Testament, God commanded the Israelites to let the land rest every 7 years and have 
a Sabbath year. After 7 Sabbath years, they were also told to celebrate a jubilee year. Every 49 
years, debts were forgiven, slaves were freed, and land which had been “sold” (leased really, the 
prices were even based on how many years were left before the next jubilee) reverted back to 
its original owner. This was to remind them that GOD owned the land and the people.

What better date could be chosen by someone standing at the temple in Jerusalem claiming to be 
God – than the date exactly one jubilee after the Israeli army liberated East Jerusalem and the 
Temple Mount? The Israelis entered East Jerusalem on June 6, 1967, and by morning had taken 
back the entire city, including the Temple Mount. Forty-nine years later we have June 6, 2016, 
when the Antichrist will try to mimic Christ and claim that it is time for possession of the land 
and the people to revert back to him. Many Christians expect the Second Coming at the end of a 
jubilee cycle, and notice that Daniel’s 70 sevens of years (490 years as described in Daniel 
9:24-27) equals ten jubilee cycles and would end with the tenth jubilee. In the Jewish 
commentaries known as the Talmud, Elijah says “on the last Jubilee the Son of David will come.” 
(Sanhedrin 97b) Though the Antichrist will show up in the middle of Daniel’s final week of years, 
and not on a biblical jubilee – he will try to claim that he is our Messiah and that he fulfills this
prophecy – on June 6, 2016.

My previous book (End Times and 2019) briefly addresses this as the midpoint of the final seven 
years, but its focus is really on the final events of December 2019. For more on the events of 
June 6, 2016 – including the identity of the Antichrist – read Antichrist 2016-2019: Mystery 
Babylon, Barack Obama & the Islamic Caliphate.

— contributed by David Montaigne, author of End Times and 2019 and Antichrist 2016-2019

and (as of November 2015) The Two Witnesses of Revelation: Will Elijah and Moses Return in 
2016?

This newest little e-book on the Two Witnesses is a short and inexpensive introduction to my 
timeline of events, which explains: “When my first books came out, I knew I was still missing 
something if my timeline didn’t perfectly align with the 1260, 1290, and 1335 day periods in the 
book of Daniel. I finally found the missing piece of the puzzle regarding the two witnesses 
(I already had it before and hadn’t recognized the significance of it) and now I know my timeline 
already was perfectly aligned with Daniel’s numbers…“

His prediction is Barrak Obama on 6-6-2016 !"

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Regarding #3

"Venus at superior solar conjunction

Mon, 06 Jun 2016 at 14:15 PDT


From our vantage point on the Earth, Venus will appear very close to the Sun in the sky as it passes around the far side of the solar system from the Earth.

At closest approach, Venus and the Sun will appear at a separation of only 0°00', making Venus totally unobservable for several weeks while it is lost in the Sun's glare.

Venus will also pass apogee – the time when it is most distant from the Earth – within a few days of the same time, since it will lie exactly opposite to the Earth in the Solar System. It will move to a distance of 1.74 AU from the Earth, making it appear small and very distant. If it could be observed, it would measure 9.6 arcsec in diameter, whilst appearing completely illuminated.

Venus's reaching superior conjunction marks the end of its apparition in the morning sky and its transition to become an evening object over the next few weeks.

...the superior planet is "in opposition" to the Sun as seen from the inferior planet.


He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God.


2 Thessalonians 2:4

666

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Near Earth Asteroid, 85 Foot 2012 KP24 Passing Approx. 1/5th The Distance To The Moon

UPDATE: 5/29/2012
HERE IS THE INFORMATION I COULD PULL FROM THIS INTERNET TODAY TO UPDATE YOU ON THE 6TH CLOSEST NEAR EARTH OBJECT THAT HAS EVER BEEN RECORDED...


SMALL ASTEROID BUZZES EARTH: Newly-discovered asteroid 2012 KT42 is flying past Earth today (May 29th) only ~14,000 km above the planet's surface. This means 2012 KT42 will actually fly inside the Clark Belt of geosynchronous satellites. The 3- to 10-meter wide asteroid ranks # 6 on the top 20 list of closest-approachers to Earth. According to the asteroid's orbit, there is no danger of a collision. Even if it did hit, this space rock is too small to cause significant damage. It would likely disintegrate almost entirely in the atmosphere, peppering the ground below with relatively small meteorites. Flyby images: #1, #2.
source: spaceweather.com

2012 KT42 - Close Approach

May 29, 2012 at about 07:07 UT, the asteroid designated2012 KT42 will pass only ~14,000 km (8,700 miles) or about ~0.05 lunar distance (or 0.0001379 AU) above the Earth's surface. The asteroid was discovered by A. R. Gibbs in the course of Mt. Lemmon Survey with a 1.5-m reflector + CCD on May 28, 2012 at magnitude ~18.1.

According to its absolute magnitude (H=28.8) this asteroid has an estimated size of roughly 3-10 meters, so it is a small object. We have been able to follow-up this object soon after his discovery while it was still on the neocp, from the Siding Spring-Faulkes Telescope South on 2012, May 28.4, through a 2.0-m f/10.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

At the moment of our images from FTS, "2012 KT42" was moving at about ~3.63 "/min and its magnitude was ~17.5. At the moment of its close approach around 07UT of tomorrow, 2012 KT42 will be bright as magnitude ~12.0 and moving at ~11021"/min.

Below you can see an image (stack of 5x5-second exposures) showing the asteroid. Click on the thumbnail to see a bigger version:

Below you can see an animation showing the motion of 2012 KT42. Each frame is a 5-second exposure through the FTS 2.0-m telescope. Click on the thumbnail to see a bigger version:

While there is no cause for concern, this is one of the closest approaches recorded. The table below shows the top 20 closest approaches by NEOs (Near-Earth Objects) sorted by nominal distance. The table has been computed on the NASA/Neo-JPL website. 2012 KT42 is the sixth closer approach to date. (2011 CQ1 is the closest non-impacting object in the asteroid catalog to date. The event that took 2008 TC3 into the earth's atmosphere is not included). Click on the thumbnail to see a bigger version:

On mpml mailing list, Andrew Lowe pointed out that on May 29 at about 10:10 UT,  2012 KT42 the minimum geocentric elongation from the center of the sun will be 0.1 degrees, so given the parallax there will be a transit across the sun. But with a diameter of about 5m, the object could be only about 0.07" across against the solar disk. Aldo Vitagliano provided this map of the transit (computed by his software Solex). Click on the thumbnail to see a bigger version:

According to calculation made by P. Tricarico, 2012 KT42 has experienced a partial eclipse while approaching Earth on May 28, 2012 between 14:05 UTC and 21:45 UTC, before the flyby. See animation below (click on it for a bigger version). Probably the first case ever of an approaching asteroid experiencing an eclipse and a transit during the same flyby with Earth. More info about this on Tricarico's website.

by Ernesto Guido, Nick Howes & Giovanni Sostero 
source: http://remanzacco.blogspot.com/2012/05/2012-kt42-close-approach.html


29 MAY, 2012, 12.59PM IST, PTI 

2012 KT42, a newly found asteroid buzzes past Earth

NEW DELHI: A newly-discovered asteroid passed in close proximity to the Earth, just 14,000 km above the planet's surface, today but caused no damage to the orbiting communication satellites. 

The asteroid " 2012 KT42," which entered the Clark Belt of geosynchronous satellites, passed by Earth at around 1230 hours, S N Raghunandan Kumar of Planetary Society of India told PTI. 

The 3 to 10-metre wide asteroid ranks in the list of top ten of closest asteroid approaches to Earth. In fact, this is the sixth closest approach till date, which makes it significant despite its small size. 

The asteroid was not visible to the unaided eye. According to the asteroid's orbit, there was no danger of a collision. Even if it did hit, the space rock is too small to cause significant damage. It would have possibly disintegrated almost entirely in the atmosphere, peppering the ground below with relatively small meteorites, Kumar said. 

Asteroids are a class of solar system bodies in the orbit around the sun. The larger asteroids are been called planetoids.
source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/2012-kt42-a-newly-found-asteroid-buzzes-past-earth/articleshow/13634407.cms


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Yes, another asteroid, another near earth object.  This one is approximately 85 feet large and will come within an estimated 40389 mile distance to Earth.   Therefore, this object will come between the Earth and the Moon, between which the distance is 238,900 miles.  This means, the large object will be really close to Earth.  Here is the information that I scoured from the Internet on the subject.  I cannot vouch for all of the validity because of it coming from the Internet.  However, be aware that the magnetic pull during the next few days may cause further and larger earthquake activity, as well as volcanic activity.  This object is code condition 8, which means UNCERTAIN.  This was found only yesterday and observed since then.  Therefore, there is not much data on this body.  According to what I can pull from the Internet, the approximate day of closest passing will be between May 28-29, 2012.  


Object Information:
The Newly Discovered Asteroid 2012 KP24, other NEOs & Night Sky
2012 KP24 JPL: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2012%20KP24;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=1#cad
2012 KP24 MPC: http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2012+KP24&am...
NEO Earth Close Approaches: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
HORIZONS: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi
Purdue University, Impact Earth: http://www.purdue.edu/impactearth/

Asteroid 2012 KP24 0.1 LD 26 M Close to Earth on 29 May 2012 alignment of earth venus sun mercury mars gravitational pull earthquakes tsunami hurricanes earth distance 0.0024 AU sun distance 1.012 AU

Asteroid 2012 KP24 on 29 May 2012 aligns earth venus sun mercury mars gravitational pull earthquakes tsunami hurricanes earth distance 0.0024 AU sun distance 1.012 AU

Asteroid 2012 KP24 0.1 LD 26 M Close to Earth on 29 May 2012 alignment of earth venus sun mercury mars gravitational pull earthquakes tsunami hurricanes earth distance 0.0024 AU sun distance 1.012 AU

the idea girl says

it may not be a true alignment but to the eye it sure looks like one in this graph..

NOT GOOD!

it’s bad enough having Cuno 4183 asTEROID 7.8 km CLOSE TO EARTH AND THEN OVER 1293 OTHER’S KICKING CLOSE TO EARTH, DID YOU NOTICE THE NUMBERS WHEN UP FOR THAT TOO?

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Mega Earthquake Approximately May 20, 2012

Venus Transit of the Sun, June 5-6, 2012

source of above animation: http://hemel.waarnemen.com/venus/venusovergang_2012.html

WARNING: NEVER look at the Sun without proper protection! A good protection is an eclipse glasses, or a special solar filter. Looking through a stain glass or black film is harmful , because it leaves the invisible, harmful ultraviolet radiation. This you can not see and feel, but you notice later, when you no longer see.

VENUS TRANSFORMED: Something special is happening to Venus in the evening sky. The second planet is diving toward the sun for a much-anticipated transit on June 5-6. As Venus turns its night side toward Earth, the planet is transforming into a beautifully slender and colorful crescent:

John Chumack of Dayton, Ohio, took the picture on May 14th using a 10-inch telescope. "I was blown away by the sight of Venus," he says. "The planet was 14% illuminated, 47 arcseconds in diameter, and blazing at -4.43 magnitude."

The crescent shape of Venus is easy to see in good binoculars or small telescopes. No special observing experience is required. Just find Venus in the western sky after sunset (you can't miss it), point and look. A good tripod to hold the optics steady is recommended.

As the evening wears on and Venus sinks toward the horizon, the refractive effect of Earth's atmosphere splits the crescent into the colors of the rainbow. Kevin R. Witman of Cochranville, Pennsylvania, observed the phenomenon on May 11th: "Earth's atmospheric refraction of Venus's ample light made a beautiful imagethrough my 10-inch telescope."

more images: from Sadegh Ghomizadeh of Tehran, Iran;

Source: http://www.spaceweather.com

The Venus Transit of June 6, 2012

Introduction

On Wednesday, June 6, 2012 finds a transit of Venus on the Sun site. Venus then moves between the Sun and the Earth, so much so that the contours of the planet can be seen against the bright surface of the Sun. This is a fairly rare event, this example is only the twenty-sixth venus transition since the beginning of our era. Unfortunately, this transition occurs to us, especially at night, so we in Belgium and the Netherlands early in the morning only the last part of the transition can be seen.

Venus moves about once every 584 days between the Earth and the Sun by. This is called a lower conjunction . Venus is usually at a lower conjunction, however, not seen on the solar disk.This is because the orbital plane which Venus orbits the Sun at an angle to the ecliptic , so the plane in which the Earth orbits the Sun. Venus rotates in nearly 225 days once around the Sun (a venus year) and is one half of that time above the ecliptic, the other half below it. Twice a year, Venus is Venus crosses the ecliptic from north to south or from south to north movement.We then say that Venus is in the declining or ascending node of its orbit is. Only when the lower conjunction of Venus takes place in (or very close to) one of the nodes, we see on Earth Venus transition. In all other cases, Venus seen from Earth moves above or below the Sun along. This is similar to the reason why not every full moon a lunar eclipse poses .

At this time (between the years 1518 and 2984) are venus transitions in pairs, between which the two transitions in a pair is about 8 years. Note that in eight years, five benedenconjuncties made, because 8 × 365 days is equal to 5 × 584 days. The transition of 2012 is the second of a pair, the previous changeover took place on June 8, 2004 and was completely visible in our regions. The last couple of transitions was in 1874 and 1882, both in December. At this moment, Venus in the descending node in June and the ascending node in december. Two transitions of a pair are always at the same node, the 2004 and 2012 are thus in the descending nodes (see the downward movement of Venus across the solar disk in the figures and animations on this page), and so in June, the transitions from 1874 and 1882 were in the ascending node.

The Venus Transit of 2012

On June 6, 2012 Venus moves as said on the solar disk, and only the end of this transition is, in clear weather, visible from the Netherlands and Belgium. The whole event takes place between 0:03 am and 6:55 am and lasts nearly seven hours. Below are the exact time for transition tips as well as to find images that the path of Venus across the Sun show. The images chosen for two different coordinate systems: ecliptic coordinates, the plane of the solar system as axis and thus the most logical choice for events in the solar system, and horizontal (azimuthal) coordinates, the position above the horizon display, and so very well suited for an observer at a particular place on Earth. The exact figures are for Utrecht. Times for other places in the Netherlands and Belgium to deviate up to 15 seconds on this. The times are rounded to the whole second, because the unpredictable fluctuations in the rotational speed of the Earth is a Contributing uncertainty (The difference dT between Terrestial Time and Universal Time (UT) . This dT can only be establish in retrospect, I use here the estimate 66.6s).

For the beginning and the end of the transition time, two dots indicated. These are time match which the outer edge of the Sun by Venus are 'touched' and so the first or last bite from the Sun is taken, and when the inner edge of the Sun is touched and thus the beginning or end of the period covered Venus is completely visible to the Sun. The maximum occurs when the distance between the center of Venus and the center of the Sun is minimal. (See Figure 1a and 2a, and Table 1).

Data of the transition

Figure 1a: the beginning, maximum and end of the transition in ecliptic coordinates	Figure 1b: the position of Venus on the hour in ecliptic coordinates
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Figure 2a: the beginning, maximum and end of the transition in horizontal coordinates	Figure 2b: the position of Venus on the hour in horizontal coordinates

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Phenomenon	Time	Azimut	Height	Distance center	Distance edge
1: early entry	0:03:55	337.8 °	-12.5 °	16'14 .8 "	+00'29 .1 "
2: end entry	0:21:43	341.9 °	-13.4 °	15'16 .5 "	-00'29 .1 "
3: Maximum	3:29:56	26.2 °	-11.3 °	08'53 .1 "	-06'52 .6 "
4: early exit	6:37:20	64.3 °	8.9 °	15'16 .5 "	-00'29 .1 "
5: end exit	6:54:59	67.6 °	11.4 °	16'14 .8 "	+00'29 .1 "
Table 1: Data for entry, exit and maximum

Table 1 shows the main data show. For each of the five symptoms, the time indicated in hours, minutes and seconds Central European summer time ( CEST ). Then the azimuth indicated, the place where the two above / below the horizon, in degrees, 0 ° = 360 ° = North, 90 ° east and 180 ° is south. Then, the height of the two degrees above the horizon, the distance between the center of Venus and the center of the Sun, and the distance from the center of Venus to the edge of the Sun. A negative edge distance means that the center of Venus in front of the solar disk.

Other data for the maximum of the transition are:

Diameter of the Sun:	31'31 .3 "
Diameter of Venus:	58.3 "
Distance to the Sun:	1.01475 AE
Distance to Venus:	0.28871 AE

The Sun rises in the morning at 5:21 hours on, at an azimuth of 50 ° (in the northeast), later followed by Venus.

source: http://hemel.waarnemen.com/venus/venusovergang_2012.html

2012 TRANSITS OF VENUS

Geographic Visibility of 2012 June 06

The global visibility of the 2012 transit is illustrated with the world map in Figure 3 (Low Res or High Res). The entire transit (all four contacts) is visible from northwestern North America, Hawaii, the western Pacific, northern Asia, Japan, Korea, eastern China, Philippines, eastern Australia, and New Zealand. The Sun sets while the transit is still in progress from most of North America, the Caribbean, and northwest South America. Similarly, the transit is already in progress at sunrise for observers in central Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and eastern Africa,. No portion of the transit will be visible from Portugal or southern Spain, western Africa, and the southeastern 2/3 of South America.

Note that due to the International Date Line the Western Hemisphere will see the transit on June 5.

The horizontal parallax of Venus (~30 arc-sec) introduces a topocentric correction of up to ±7 minutes with respect to the geocentric contact times for observers at different geographic locations. Topocentric contact times (Universal Time) and corresponding altitudes of the Sun are presented for over one hundred cities in Table 2A (international) and Table 2B (USA).

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Frequency of Transits

Transits of Venus are only possible during early December and early June when Venus's orbital nodes pass across the Sun. If Venus reaches inferior conjunction at this time, a transit will occur. Transits show a clear pattern of recurrence at intervals of 8, 121.5, 8 and 105.5 years. The next pair of Venus transits occur over a century from now on 2117 Dec 11 and 2125 Dec 08.

Edmund Halley first realized that transits of Venus could be used to measure the Sun's distance, thereby establishing the absolute scale of the solar system from Kepler's third law. Unfortunately, his method proved impractical since contact timings of the desired accuracy are impossible due to the effects of atmospheric seeing and diffraction. Nevertheless, the 1761 and 1769 expeditions to observe the transits of Venus gave astronomers their first good value for the Sun's distance.

The planet Mercury can also transit the Sun. Since Mercury orbits the Sun more quickly than does Venus, it undergoes transits much more frequently. There are about 13 or 14 transits of Mercury each century. All Mercury transits fall within several days of 8 May and 10 November. During November transits, Mercury is near perihelion and exhibits a disk only 10 arc-seconds in diameter. By comparison, the planet is near aphelion during May transits and appears 12 arc-seconds across. However, the probability of a May transit is smaller by a factor of almost two. Mercury's slower orbital motion at aphelion makes it less likely to cross the node during the critical period. November transits recur at intervals of 7, 13, or 33 years while May transits recur only over the latter two intervals. The next two transits of Mercury are on 2003 May 07 and 2006 Nov 08. For details on the first event, see:

source: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/venus0412.html

Big Sunspot. Large Solar Flares. Venus Transit of Sun Doomsday Scare.

Solar Update

BIG SUNSPOT: One of the largest sunspot groups in years rotated over the sun's northeastern limb this weekend. With a least four dark cores larger than Earth, AR1476 sprawls more than 100,000 km from end to end, and makes an easy target for backyard solar telescopes. Amateur astronomer Alan Friedman sends this picture of the behemoth from his backyard in Buffalo, NY:

"AR1476 is firecrackler," says Friedman.

Indeed, the active region is crackling with impulsive M-class solar flares. Based on the sunspot's complex 'beta-gamma' magnetic field, NOAA forecasters estimate a 70% chance of more M-flares during the next 24 hours. There is also a 5% chance of powerful X-flares.

"This one is going to be fun as turns to face us!" predicts Friedman. He might be right.

Currently:

X-ray Solar Flares
6-hr max: M1 1431 UT May07 
24-hr: M1 1431 UT May07 
explanation | more dataUpdated: Today at: 1900 UT

Forecast:

SPACE WEATHERNOAA Forecasts

Updated at: 2012 May 06 2200 UTC

FLARE	0-24 hr	24-48 hr
CLASS M	70 %	70 %
CLASS X	05 %	05 %

source:  http://spaceweather.com/

next up...the rare Venus transit of the Sun...

Will this alignment cause megaquakes or just an uptick in large earthquakes?  

Will this alignment cause strange weather phenomenon?  ...Okay, so we are already experiencing that...

OR...will this just be an amazing thing to have witnessed in our lifetime?  ...this is what I think it will be.

Rare Venus Transit of Sun Occurs in June: Skywatching Travel Tips

Imelda B. Joson and Edwin L. Aguirre

Date: 02 April 2012 Time: 07:00 AM ET

Mark your calendars! On June 5-6, a rare celestial event called a transit of Venus will take place, and it won't be repeated in your lifetime.

During the transit, Venus will pass directly in front of the sun from Earth's perspective, appearing as a small, slowly moving black dot. The last time this happened was in June 2004, but the next one won’t take place until December 2117. This is the last chance for anyone alive today to see the rare celestial sight.

Unlike a total eclipse of the sun, which is visible only within a long narrow track traced by the moon’s shadow, during the 2012 transit of Venus the entire hemisphere of Earth facing the sun will get to see at least part of the planet’s solar crossing.

The entire transit will be widely visible from eastern Asia, eastern Australia, New Zealand and the western Pacific, as well as Alaska, northern Canada and almost all of Greenland.

source: http://www.space.com/15116-venus-transit-2012-skywatching-travel-tips.html

INCLUDES 2012 SURVIVAL GUIDE

Perhaps you have heard the suggestion that an alignment of earth and the sun is contributing to a doomsday scenario in 2012.  When the page turns for the  Mayan calendar and the solar system is aligned somehow, the world is supposed to end.  In fact, there is a significant alignment of planets in 2012 that much of the world will be watching.   

Without question, Earth, Venus, and the sun will line up in a row as the nodes of their planetary orbits intersect on June 5-6, 2012.  This is not a mere "close conjunction."  Rather, it is a near-perfect alignment, a rare transit of Venus, and it has a track record of influencing humans since the first recorded observation in 1639. How will people of the world react?  Will our existence end in some cataclysmic global event?

First to the latter question. "Umm, no."  

No, the world will not end, any more than it ended for the Y2K turn of the calendar, when earth completed another orbit around the sun to end 1999.  The Venus transit is simply the happenstance of three solar system bodies being in a line.  It occurs naturally, periodically, and predictably as the planets dash around the sun, like two people running at different paces around an un-level field. 

Don't be scammed.  While hucksters will gladly try to separate you from your common sense (and more urgently, from your wallet), predictions of catastrophic disasters in 2012 have no basis in science.  Ignore the ignorance.  Surely some innocent people will be anxious about seemingly well-founded assertions of doom.  Advocates of demise will bandy around scholarly-sounding credentials  in an attempt to gain credibility, but they are only creating public anxiety where none ought be.  

Be more concerned about climate change, for example.  That's something for which there is a preponderance of scientific evidence--a human path toward global harm about which you can do something.  

Returning to the question about how people will react to the transit of Venus...Hopefully they will come out in droves to witness this syzygy (a very cool word unlikely to make it on a Scrabble board).  In centuries past, nations mounted global expeditions in cooperative scientific endeavors to tackle a common mystery.  They wanted to figure out where we fit in the cosmos--specifically, how big is the solar system?  A transit of Venus can reveal the answer.

Yes, the 2012 transit of Venus is a cosmic alignment, and you can witness it directly if you protect your eyes.  Here are some recommended steps to survive the event without peril.  Details are at www.transitofvenus.org.