Galaxy Zoo Talk

Aurora alert

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Aurora borealis, Northern Lights, Southern lights

    http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/

    http://spaceweather.com/

    for UK http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/

    Aurora alert info in old forum http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=280088.msg601683#msg601683

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    For Sunday Dec 21 to Monday 2014

    http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=20&month=12&ent_c3.gif

    EDIT: it seems most of the blast is not coming towards Earth. This is good, I wouldn't like to have to replace dozens of satellites.

    EDIT: again, it was cloudy for me... 😦

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Ooooohhhhhhh. Lets hope the weather cooperates, and we have clear skies 😃

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    If you can see North you could well see AURORA http://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/animations/ovation-north/latest.png?time=1419200493000

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    WING KP=6 http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wing-kp tHAT MEANS AURORA Will be visible if you live far enough North and Have a clesr Sky

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This pinged all the way up to KP=8 http://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/wing-kp-24-hour.gif

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Northern Lights happening NOW !!!!!!! Tuesday night / Wed morning for those in more northerly locations.

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Another aurora is on now, Wed evening / Thursday morning.

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  • dj_tjitso by dj_tjitso

    Aurora's have been reported in the Netherlands last tuesday evening and even in France and Austria, which is quite unusual.

    Pics at a Dutch forum: http://www.spaceweatherlive.com/community/topic/780-poollichtkans-17-maart-2015/

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  • jeffreyhrwtz by jeffreyhrwtz

    Heard auroras sighted in Maine; hoping the storm will be sighted here in NYC but nothing yet. Read about the CME in Space Weather, great site.

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  • jeffreyhrwtz by jeffreyhrwtz

    Another huge CME dubbed the "Star Wars CME" is headed again for the Northerly latitudes on or about May 10, 2017. Very excited to read that there were spectacular auroras sighted in Holland then, it is very rare to see this that far south! Here in New York we were just too far south, but as promised on a clear evening we were able to see a faint glow North West; just at sunset!

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Aurora will be good for those in the southern hemisphere, where nights are long. Not so good for those in continuous daylight in the North.

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  • jeffreyhrwtz by jeffreyhrwtz

    Yes, it may be good for Canada, the limit is close to the northern states, so keeping my fingers crossed!

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  • jeffreyhrwtz by jeffreyhrwtz

    I read that it will be better observing in the southern hemisphere, but we should see in "spaceweather" the spectacular auroras recorded on April 22 this year in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota!

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  • jeffreyhrwtz by jeffreyhrwtz

    Spectacular auroras seen last week north of Winnepeg, and an elusive purple arc tentatively named 'Steve' was photographed in that area! At : Real time Aurora Gallery at spaceweather.com

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  • zoob1172 by zoob1172

    http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/

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  • jeffreyhrwtz by jeffreyhrwtz

    Auroras and the elusive "proton arc" dubbed "Steve"; and no longer understood to be proton activity, sighted again in Canada, this time in a short film, on spaceweather.com. Auroras sighted as far south as Maine!

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  • jeffreyhrwtz by jeffreyhrwtz

    Spectacular auroras sighted as far south as California and upstate New York last week, best viewing seems to have
    been in Canada as a 2nd huge CME grazed the earth! Spectacular southern lights were seen in New Zealand. There may be more in store for us as per spaceweather.com, great pictures in the "realtime aurora" folder!

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