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Aurora Alert!
Last post 08-27-2005 09:18 AM by DaveMitsky. 2 replies.
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  • 08-23-2005 12:38 PM

    Aurora Alert!

    An e-mail aurora alert that I recently received from http://spaceweather.com/ states the following:

    Big sunspot 798 exploded twice yesterday, August 22nd, and hurled a pair of coronal mass ejections apparently toward Earth. Geomagnetic storms are possible when the clouds arrive. Sky watchers should be alert for auroras during the nights of August 23rd and 24th. High latitudes are favored: e.g., Canada, Alaska and northern-tier US states from Washington to Maine.

    Keep your fingers crossed! Smile [:)]

    Dave Mitsky

     

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  • 08-25-2005 01:29 AM In reply to

    • MrBob
    • Joined on 05-06-2005
    • West Coast, New Zealand
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    Re: Aurora Alert!

    and very nice it was too.Big Smile [:D]
  • 08-27-2005 09:18 AM In reply to

    Re: Aurora Alert!

    I saw two or three minutes worth of activity - patches that appeared and disappeared and a faint curtain -  on Wednesday night at approximately 2:00 UT.

    Dave Mitsky

     

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