I set an alarm for 1:30am and drove North of town in time to catch a photo of the ISS passing though the Northern Lights - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredsmith/8980209516/ They weren't very bright, but definitely there. And they quickly faded just as soon as I had snapped a few photos of them. I took a few more photos (click the right arrow in Flickr) and caught another very bright pass of ISS a bit later. Jared On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 5:34 AM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:

Coming back from Bryce this morning I received a CalSky alert putting the possibility of an aurora at a 7 on a 0 to 9 scale. I was a bit north of Fillmore at the time and I could see a glow to the north but I'm pretty sure it was just the usual light pollution from the SL Valley.

Ah, but I did get one small treat, as I was approaching Provo I saw ISS moving stately across the sky.

I got home about three and after opening the observatory I took a few minutes to concentrate on the northern sky. Alas, no aurora.

Did anyone here see the aurora?

patrick

On 06 Jun 2013, at 22:07, Jared Smith wrote:

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Conditions are prime for aurora tonight - no moon, relatively clear skies, and the solar storms are raging. The OVATION forecast currently shows visibility well South of the Canada border - http://helios.swpc.noaa.gov/ovation/

I'm setting an alarm - I missed the show last week.

And I just noticed a nice ISS pass to the North just before 2am. I'm sensing a sweet photo op.

Jared

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I didn't see it on KSL's 10:00 news. And that rather surprised me. Suggest you also submit it to EPOD. You can do that by emailing it to James Foster at the Goddard Space Flight Center at james.l.foster@nasa.gov. Good luck! patrick On 07 Jun 2013, at 12:13, Jared Smith wrote:

I set an alarm for 1:30am and drove North of town in time to catch a photo of the ISS passing though the Northern Lights - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredsmith/8980209516/

They weren't very bright, but definitely there. And they quickly faded just as soon as I had snapped a few photos of them. I took a few more photos (click the right arrow in Flickr) and caught another very bright pass of ISS a bit later.

Jared