[meteorite-list] OT - Massive Aurora
From: Ken O'Neill <kenoneill_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:51 2004 Message-ID: <001101c3af97$231f4440$0201a8c0_at_btek.org> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C3AF97.23255EC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi List Hope you can all get a clear sky tonight for the Aurora in progress tonight. I have a fantastic view here in Ireland. Here is a clip from an email from Astronomy Ireland to their membership. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dave Gradwell in Birr, Co. Offaly just called Astronomy Ireland (5:36pm) to say there is a major aurora in progress! There was a corona overhead! Keith Geary in Cavan just sent a TEXT saying RED aurora overhead. I can see it from our Shop window in the brightly lit Butterly Business Park in Dublin 5! Heading to country-side soon! Checking the web sites and emails confirms a massive geomagnetic storm is in progress and has been since 8am (been a little too busy in the aftermath of our extremely successful Astro-Expo to be checking as regularly as I usually do! see website for Astro-Expo report by the way, with photos!). The aurora was caused by a CME (coronal mass ejection) from sunspot group number 484 that has survived a complete rotation around the back of the Sun and is nicely on view again (I saw it from the office just before the Sun set in a pair of 10x50s fitted with AstroSolar filter). The CME happened on Nov. 18. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Good Luck Ken O'Neill IMCA #9465 ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C3AF97.23255EC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D107584518-20112003>Hi=20 List</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D107584518-20112003>Hope = you can all get=20 a clear sky tonight for the Aurora in progress = tonight.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D107584518-20112003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D107584518-20112003>I have = a fantastic=20 view here in Ireland. Here is a clip from an email from Astronomy = Ireland to=20 their membership.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D107584518-20112003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D107584518-20112003>>>>>>>>>>>>&g= t;>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>= ;>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>></SP= AN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D107584518-20112003> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dave Gradwell in Birr, Co. Offaly just = called=20 Astronomy Ireland (5:36pm)</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>to say there is a major aurora in = progress! There was=20 a corona overhead!</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Keith Geary in Cavan just sent a TEXT = saying RED=20 aurora overhead. I can</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>see it from our Shop window in the = brightly lit=20 Butterly Business Park</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>in Dublin 5! Heading to country-side = soon!</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Checking the web sites and emails = confirms a massive=20 geomagnetic storm</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>is in progress and has been since 8am = (been a little=20 too busy in the</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>aftermath of our extremely successful = Astro-Expo to=20 be checking as</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>regularly as I usually do! see website = for Astro-Expo=20 report by the way,</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>with photos!).</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The aurora was caused by a CME (coronal = mass=20 ejection) from sunspot</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>group number 484 that has survived a = complete=20 rotation around the back</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>of the Sun and is nicely on view again (I = saw it from=20 the office just</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>before the Sun set in a pair of 10x50s = fitted with=20 AstroSolar filter).</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The CME happened on Nov. 18.</FONT></P> <P><SPAN class=3D107584518-20112003><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<= <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<&= lt;<<<<<<<<<<<<<<</FONT></SPAN>= </P> <P><SPAN class=3D107584518-20112003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Good=20 Luck</FONT></SPAN></P></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ken O'Neill</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>IMCA = #9465</DIV></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C3AF97.23255EC0-- Received on Thu 20 Nov 2003 01:50:14 PM PST |
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