Local Happenings: Northeast Region
The members of Amateur Astronomers, Inc. (AAI) of Cranford will present a free slide show in the classroom of the Trailside Museum in the Watchung Reservation from 1:00 to 1:30pm on Wednesday, November 8th. This will be followed in the large open field behind the museum by actual viewing of the planet Mercury as it passes in front of the disk of the Sun.
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A major solar 'superstorm' such as the one in 1859 could cost $30 billion a day to the US electrical power grid, and up to $70 billion to the satellite industry.