The Sun's magnetic pole flip is said to start "any day now"

Just in time for Ison.

And VERY poorly timed with the just beginning Fukushima fuel rod removal procedures.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/10450581/Sun-expected-to-flip-upside-down-as-magnetic-field-reverses-its-polarity.html
According to NASA the sun is about to flip upside down and it could happen any day now
"The sun's magnetic field is about to flip upside down as it reverses its polarity.
In August Nasa said the reversal would happen in three to four months time, although that it would be impossible to pinpoint a more specific date.
Solar physicist Todd Hoeksema from Stanford University said that the reversal would have "ripple effects" across the whole of the solar system.
According to Nasa the sun's magnetic field changes polarity approximately every 11 years."

The video with the article is pretty decent...short and sweet.

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Glad somebody can see it (the sun). Socked in cloudy today, and I was up at 4:30am to see if I could catch a glimpse of ISON too. No such luck.