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Posted on 02/15/2010 6:45:14 PM PST by metmom
Solar activity has been increasing lately and with it the chance to view auroras.
There are some sites I've found on the internet for anyone interested in viewing auroras that I am listing in the first post of this thread.
Excellent. Thanks....
grew up in NYS...just over the PA border...once many years ago ...40 or so....we did see the borealis.....awesome....of course, being a kid, I thought these things came along a lot....of course,haven’t seen one since..
Good info, useful vanity!
Bookmarked. The Aurora is on my bucket list.
thanks... I have to look at this more tomorrow.
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A website I visit daily is: http://www.spaceweather.com
In their left hand column there is a group of indicative numbers for auroral activity. (Mid NY State is on the bad edge of “mid-latitudes” for this purpose, by the way. For others: The latitude that matters for this is not geographic latitude, but magnetic latitude - latitude with respect to the magnetic north pole.) SpaceWeather “news” includes other unusual atmospheric phenomena today they have a photo of Eyjafjallajokull volcano blowing a “smoke ring”, for example.
A service that they have is http://spaceweatherphone.com/ . Someone who signs up for this service will be given a phone call when auroras are active. I would NOT recommend paying the monthly fee ($5) during this period of very quiet sun, since there are so few auroras now - of course, your mileage may vary, especially if you wish to get phone calls for when satellites will be overhead. I considered it seriously about 5-6 years ago during the high activity.
I also look daily at the very simple but informative site:
Solar Terrestrial Activity Report
Finally, another good solar/ space weather sites - http://www.solarcycle24.com/
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