Re: [Utah-astronomy] Northern Lights?
Ann, At 11:15pm MDT, the NOAA POES auroral activity map ( http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/pmap/index.html ) is showing the auroral band at the U.S. Canadian border. (That is the large yellow oval on the map.) Normally, this is consistent with aurora being seen over the midwest (Wisconsin through Minnesota). Under these conditions in the past, I have seen curtains low on the horizon using binoculars from Little Mountain. Less likely is an actual auroral display. The earth will rotate so the most southern extent of the band will be pointed at Utah in another two hours. I'm going to check the NOAA POES map at 12:30-1:00 am and then decide what to do. - Clear Skies - Kurt
I took a look to the North just a bit ago and these are the only lights I saw... http://twitpic.com/614rvl http://twitpic.com/614skw Jared
Yikes! Impressive shots. From here near SPOC the wind is really blowing and there are clouds and lightning to the north. But the rest of the sky is clear and the Moon is down so I'm running one of my programs and am actually getting some descent data. I just hope lightning does not strike my scope. :) patrick On 04 Aug 2011, at 23:42, Jared Smith wrote:
I took a look to the North just a bit ago and these are the only lights I saw... http://twitpic.com/614rvl http://twitpic.com/614skw
Jared
As of 4:30am from Taylorsville, NO northern lights! :( Shooting stars=6 Satellites=1 Meteorites=0 I'll be out again tomorrow night looking for the lights though! -Barrett -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 12:13 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Northern Lights? Yikes! Impressive shots.
From here near SPOC the wind is really blowing and there are clouds and lightning to the north. But the rest of the sky is clear and the Moon is down so I'm running one of my programs and am actually getting some descent data.
I just hope lightning does not strike my scope. :) patrick On 04 Aug 2011, at 23:42, Jared Smith wrote:
I took a look to the North just a bit ago and these are the only lights I saw... http://twitpic.com/614rvl http://twitpic.com/614skw
Jared
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I would imagine with solar activity on the rise there will be northern lights displays more and more.
As of 4:30am from Taylorsville, NO northern lights! :(
Shooting stars=6 Satellites=1 Meteorites=0
I'll be out again tomorrow night looking for the lights though! -Barrett
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 12:13 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Northern Lights?
Yikes! Impressive shots.
From here near SPOC the wind is really blowing and there are clouds and lightning to the north. But the rest of the sky is clear and the Moon is down so I'm running one of my programs and am actually getting some descent data.
I just hope lightning does not strike my scope. :)
patrick
On 04 Aug 2011, at 23:42, Jared Smith wrote:
I took a look to the North just a bit ago and these are the only lights I saw... http://twitpic.com/614rvl http://twitpic.com/614skw
Jared
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Kurt, On another note I enjoyed your comments to S&T in the Sept. issue on the coordinate system they use. Perhaps it needs its own thread here but I do look forward to reading what others think on it. Jay On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> wrote:
Ann, At 11:15pm MDT, the NOAA POES auroral activity map ( http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/pmap/index.html ) is showing the auroral band at the U.S. Canadian border. (That is the large yellow oval on the map.) Normally, this is consistent with aurora being seen over the midwest (Wisconsin through Minnesota). Under these conditions in the past, I have seen curtains low on the horizon using binoculars from Little Mountain. Less likely is an actual auroral display. The earth will rotate so the most southern extent of the band will be pointed at Utah in another two hours. I'm going to check the NOAA POES map at 12:30-1:00 am and then decide what to do. - Clear Skies - Kurt
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