The sun is again very active! (northern lights)

[Scott A. Kampas]

The sun recently became quite active with many sunspots, some of them fairly large and complex. Now in the last couple days, 5 x-class solar flares have occurred. It's unknown what will happen in terms of aurora activity, though summer isn't the ideal season for a significant display.

http://www.spaceweather.com/
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/
http://www.spacew.com/

Scott

 

[Richard Halter]

Let's see if we can get another uberX eruption. After last fall, an X3 is hohum :blob6:

 

[Steven Williams]

summer isn't the ideal season for a significant display

I have observed alot of Aurora in Autume (April-June in NZ). I don't know much about Aurora but they seem to favour that time of year.

 

[Scott A. Kampas]

Mid-Latitude Auroral Warning
The sun remains extremely active with a large number of sunspots, some of them very large and complex. Numerous eruptions have occurred. Aurora displays have been seen as far south as the northern US and a fairly significant display is apparently ongoing attm as the magnetosphere and solar wind are in a very auroral-friendly state. Tonight and the next several days could be interesting, despite the summer season.

http://www.spaceweather.com/
http://www.spacew.com/
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/

Scott

 

[Jon Miller]

Auroral alert !

Auroral activity is predicted to be high tonight (Sat 7-24) in middle & high latitudes and even minor activity in low latitudes . Hope the sky's clear off or are clear for you.

http://www.spacew.com/
http://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/latitudes.html

Jon Miller

 

[Aaron Kennedy]

Try http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/

If you see yellow overhead or nearby, get your butt outside to a dark area. If red is over you aurora is practically certain.

Look for KP values 9 or greater for farther south sightings.

Aaron

 

[Scott A. Kampas]

A Mid-Latitude Aurora Warning has been reinstated. This time, NWSFO Norman has even issued a Public Information Statement on the event. The CME arrived a few minutes ago and solar wind velocity is nearly off the charts. It should be a good show.

Scott

 

[Scott A. Kampas]

This was indeed a very significant event with aurora sighted into the Gulf of Mexico. Here are some shots from the Peoria IL area where I watched a spectacular display for over 5 hours:

http://www.skyodyssey.com/photography/scen...ic/sAurora1.jpg

These were my first aurora shoots and I'm no photog expert so excuse the poor quality. The event itself made up for my stupidity ;-).

Scott

 

[Steven Williams]

There is a big colour picture of Aurora australis in the back of todays newspaper(Auckland), taken this week at Dunedin, southern New Zealand, lattitude 46S.

 

[Lorraine Evans]

Unfortunately the sunspot responsible for the powerful CME's we have been seeing is decaying. Sunspot 652 is now moving towards the suns western limb and so there may not be any more aurora chances for the mid latitudes for a while.....

 

[Howard Robinson]

If you were in Canada, we got an awesome show up here!

Got to see them even thur the city lights of Regina.

 

[Jon Miller]

Heads up for Friday eve. in mid & upper latitudes - According to Space Weather and Solar Terrestial Dispatch there is a small chance of some auroral activity due a smaller CME glancing the earth on Friday. Unfortunately here in Ohio it is progged to be cloudy and rainy - so will miss any potential activity.

http://www.spaceweather.com/

Jon Miller