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Date: 14 Dec 2006 16:13:40
From: Patrick Edward Murray
Subject: Anyone see Aurora yet?
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Anyone see Aurora yet? If so, type a few words and get back out and
look:)
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Date: 15 Dec 2006 05:13:30
From: Sam Wormley
Subject: Re: Anyone see Aurora yet?
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Patrick Edward Murray wrote:
> Anyone see Aurora yet? If so, type a few words and get back out and
> look:)
>
From 42 deg N, slight curtain structure, elevation 22-25 deg.
-Sam (central Iowa)
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Date: 14 Dec 2006 20:04:27
From: Patrick Edward Murray
Subject: Re: Anyone see Aurora yet?
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It's about 11:03 pm here and we are now socked in with fog. Does anyone
remember ever seeing Aurora through Fog?
Hope that many of you get to see this one:)
Clear skies!
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Date: 14 Dec 2006 23:02:02
From: Robert Casey
Subject: Re: Anyone see Aurora yet?
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Nothing that I could convince myself as being anything other than
stringy clouds lit by light pollution from New York City (I'm about 15
miles north of NYC). Did see one long skinny cloud, but I think it's
just a contrail. at 3:50 UT
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Date: 14 Dec 2006 23:04:15
From: Robert Casey
Subject: Re: Anyone see Aurora yet?
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Robert Casey wrote:
> Nothing that I could convince myself as being anything other than
> stringy clouds lit by light pollution from New York City (I'm about 15
> miles north of NYC). Did see one long skinny cloud, but I think it's
> just a contrail. at 3:50 UT
>
I did hear some "flutter" on a distant FM radio station around 3:30 UT.
I'm located near Paramus NJ.
--
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Date: 14 Dec 2006 19:28:00
From: kb3jqj
Subject: Re: Anyone see Aurora yet?
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Patrick Edward Murray wrote:
> Anyone see Aurora yet? If so, type a few words and get back out and
> look:)
Here in northeastern Pennsylvania, it initially appears to be clouds
but it's obviously an aurora once your eyes get adapted a bit. (Blinded
by neighbors Christmas lights). Has a flat green-gray glow & had a
curtain appear momentarily nearly directly overhead. At the same time,
there are still Geminids shooting down along the eastern edge of the
aurora. Very nice.
Ralph
41 16N 75 51W
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Date: 14 Dec 2006 19:19:20
From: canopus56
Subject: Re: Anyone see Aurora yet?
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Patrick Edward Murray wrote:
> Anyone see Aurora yet? If so, type a few words and get back out and
> look:)
I am in the west so the ring has not swung around to my op yet. At
3:15 UTC 12/15, (8:15 MST 12/14), the SEC POESS map is showing the
ring over New York and the Great Lakes States.
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap/ The planetary kp has been holding at
above 6 for 12 hours - truely amazing.
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/rt_plots/Kp.gif The Bz south plot also looks
good.
This looks like it is shaping up to be several hour event across the
northern U.S.
- Canopus56
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Date: 15 Dec 2006 03:11:24
From: George Normandin
Subject: Re: Anyone see Aurora yet?
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"Patrick Edward Murray" < > wrote
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> Anyone see Aurora yet? If so, type a few words and get back out and
> look:)
Saw some green glow in the north up to about 35 degrees altitude from my
location north of Binghamton NY (42N), but I have a lot of cloud. Sat loops
are showing a clear slot coming into our area so I'm sure that the aurora
will die down! :)
George N
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Date: 14 Dec 2006 19:26:57
From: W. H. Greer
Subject: Re: Anyone see Aurora yet?
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2:00 15 December 2006 U.T.
From 45.5 North latitude:
A massive aurora is currently in progress. It's visible from within
Orion in the east southeast, through Auriga, Cassiopeia, etc. through
Cygnus in the northwest and all points north. It pretty much follows
the Milky Way, which is bright enough to shine through the aurora in
most areas, and everything northward.
I 'think' I have thin clouds everywhere. It's hard to be certain
under the circumstances. Yet, the aurora is still BRIGHT. At this
point in time little structure is visible (but some does come and go).
It's mostly a huge, monstrous, hemispherical arc that covers at least
half the sky. . . and here I was, 'somewhat' (but not seriously)
hoping for clouds in order to allow for a fuller recovery from last
night's meteor watch.
Well, the computer monitor tends to 'fry' my night vision -- better
get away from it, re-adapt, and keep tabs on the show . . .
--
Bill
Celestial Journeys
http://cejour.blogspot.com
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Date: 15 Dec 2006 03:02:54
From: Alan French
Subject: Re: Anyone see Aurora yet?
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"W. H. Greer" <sendnomail@tome.net > wrote in message
news:1l04o21gjkjdhot5ll5sd0mj1gvmt0647e@4ax.com...
> 2:00 15 December 2006 U.T.
> From 45.5 North latitude:
> A massive aurora is currently in progress. It's visible from within
> Orion in the east southeast, through Auriga, Cassiopeia, etc. through
> Cygnus in the northwest and all points north. It pretty much follows
> the Milky Way, which is bright enough to shine through the aurora in
> most areas, and everything northward.
>
> I 'think' I have thin clouds everywhere. It's hard to be certain
> under the circumstances. Yet, the aurora is still BRIGHT. At this
> point in time little structure is visible (but some does come and go).
> It's mostly a huge, monstrous, hemispherical arc that covers at least
> half the sky. . . and here I was, 'somewhat' (but not seriously)
> hoping for clouds in order to allow for a fuller recovery from last
> night's meteor watch.
>
> Well, the computer monitor tends to 'fry' my night vision -- better
> get away from it, re-adapt, and keep tabs on the show . . .
> --
> Bill
> Celestial Journeys
> http://cejour.blogspot.com
The skies have gotten clearer here in upstate NY, but the auroral glow that
was in the NW has vanished. Not a trace. Drat!
Clear skies, Alan, at 0300 UT
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Date: 15 Dec 2006 12:08:15
From: W. H. Greer
Subject: Re: Anyone see Aurora yet?
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"Alan French" <adfrenchremoveallthis@nycap.rr.com > wrote:
>The skies have gotten clearer here in upstate NY, but the auroral glow that
>was in the NW has vanished. Not a trace. Drat!
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>Clear skies, Alan, at 0300 UT
Hi Alan,
You didn't miss much, seriously! Sure, the aurora spewed out lots of
light; but it was mostly unstructured, mostly stagnant, and not all
that colorful.
My sky tonight is looking cloudy, at least until midnight or so.
Perhaps you'll have better luck tonight or tomorrow night and get to
see the "real" show!
BTW, deer jerky is a good good on those late nights :-)
--
Bill
Celestial Journeys
http://cejour.blogspot.com
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Date: 15 Dec 2006 00:55:48
From: Alan French
Subject: Re: Anyone see Aurora yet?
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We have a lot of high clouds, but it looks a bit bright low in the NW. No
shafts or obvious curtains, however.
Clear skies, Alan
Upstate NY (43 degrees north)
"Patrick Edward Murray" <ed1ward2@verizon.net > wrote in message
news:1166141620.901000.135700@16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com...
> Anyone see Aurora yet? If so, type a few words and get back out and
> look:)
>
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Date: 15 Dec 2006 04:33:26
From:
Subject: Re: Anyone see Aurora yet?
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On Dec 14, 7:13 pm, "Patrick Edward Murray" <ed1wa...@verizon.net >
wrote:
> Anyone see Aurora yet? If so, type a few words and get back out and
> look:)
Last night, from 7:40 to 8:10 pm EST, at my club's observing field
in Westford, MA, there was a bright glow about ten degrees above
the horizon due north. There were lots of clouds around, and the
glow coincided with the location of Nashua, NH, one of the main
sources of light pollution there. So the only reasons I was sure
it was an aurora rather than lit-up clouds were that it pulsed
dramatically in brightness with a several-minute period and
that it was the characteristic electric aurora green, very unlike
the ruddy glow of light pollution. My photos confirm the diagnosis.
Clouds thickened rapidly, so I gave up after 8:40. But I had
the impression that the glow was dying too.
- Tony Flanders
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Date: 15 Dec 2006 15:09:55
From: Alan French
Subject: Re: Anyone see Aurora yet?
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<tony_flanders@yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:1166186006.898914.25750@t46g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> On Dec 14, 7:13 pm, "Patrick Edward Murray" <ed1wa...@verizon.net>
> wrote:
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> > Anyone see Aurora yet? If so, type a few words and get back out and
> > look:)
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> Last night, from 7:40 to 8:10 pm EST, at my club's observing field
> in Westford, MA, there was a bright glow about ten degrees above
> the horizon due north. There were lots of clouds around, and the
> glow coincided with the location of Nashua, NH, one of the main
> sources of light pollution there. So the only reasons I was sure
> it was an aurora rather than lit-up clouds were that it pulsed
> dramatically in brightness with a several-minute period and
> that it was the characteristic electric aurora green, very unlike
> the ruddy glow of light pollution. My photos confirm the diagnosis.
>
> Clouds thickened rapidly, so I gave up after 8:40. But I had
> the impression that the glow was dying too.
Tony,
We had pretty much the same experience. A bright glow very low in the NW,
somewhat obscured by clouds. The skies did get better for a while later,
but the glow had faded. I got brighter later, but never very high, and then
more clouds moved in. When I went to bed at midnight it was a bit clearer,
and the glow was not visible.
Clear skies, Alan
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