[LeArc] FW: AstroAlert: INTENSE AURORA IN-PROGRESS - 2nd Chances

Jay Hainline [email protected]
Thu, 30 Oct 2003 02:35:10 +0000 

Jay Hainline  KA9CFD  EN40om
Colchester, IL
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cary Oler
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 23:03
To: [email protected]
Subject: AstroAlert: INTENSE AURORA IN-PROGRESS - 2nd Chances


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                               29 October 2003

INTENSE AURORA IN-PROGRESS

     Very quick notice to everyone that TONIGHT should be a relatively =
good
night for middle latitude observers to see auroral activity. Europe is =
being
blessed with an impressive display. The disturbance is rapidly weakening =
and
probably won't be quite as impressive over North America as it was last
night, but should still be widely visible. Last night's display was =
visible
into Arizona. Unfortunately, much of the east was under a heavy cloud =
deck.

     For those who were clouded out - you'll get a second chance. Region =
486
just a few hours ago produced another major class X10 solar flare at =
20:49
UTC (1:49 pm EST) on 29 October. It has been confirmed to be associated =
with
another strongly Earthward-directed coronal mass ejection (a beautiful
full-halo event). It has also thrown out another batch of energetic =
protons,
which will make a mess of the SOHO spacecraft cameras, spacecraft star
trackers and loads of other electronic gadgets floating in space.

     We don't yet know when this next disturbance will impact. It's =
still
far too early. Perhaps tommorrow night. Another AstroAlert will be =
posted to
advise the public when more is known.


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