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Hi- I must respectfully disagree. My first sentence was regarding Solar-B. If it does not relate, why is Solar-B a news story to begin with? And, why do they release publicity stories for the general public?
This is all so interesting! And, it is fortunate how this information is provided at this level, so quickly.
Since that was brief, and I remembered another solar related story, which I deemed of general interest, and flaunting a liberal attitude about rather dry posting protocol, I threw this in, since these are another means of knowing about the Sun, along with H-alpha filters.
I appreciate your reasoning, but prefer my sense of economy.
Hence, the rest of my post is the source of vaguery-
Here are a couple of images from Sky and Telescope Magazine, and Space Weather.com-
"On Monday parts of Southeast Asia, China, Korea, Siberia, and northwestern Alaska (where it was still the 18th) were treated to a relatively minor partial eclipse of the Sun. Although the event wasn't seen by many, those who were fortunate to be in the Moon's shadow snapped some great photos.
If you missed this one, the next partial solar eclipse (September 11, 2007), will be be visible only from Antarctica and parts of South America. The next total eclipse of the Sun will cross northermost Canada and Greenland, Russia, Mongolia, and China on August 1, 2008."
http://www.spaceweather.com/eclipses/19mar07b/Guryanov1.jpg
http://www.spaceweather.com/eclipses/19mar07b/Matinfar1.jpg