[meteorite-list] OT - Massive Aurora

From: Ken O'Neill <kenoneill_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:51 2004
Message-ID: <001101c3af97$231f4440$0201a8c0_at_btek.org>

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Hi List
Hope you can all get a clear sky tonight for the Aurora in progress tonight.

I have a fantastic view here in Ireland. Here is a clip from an email from
Astronomy Ireland to their membership.

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Dave Gradwell in Birr, Co. Offaly just called Astronomy Ireland (5:36pm)

to say there is a major aurora in progress! There was a corona overhead!

Keith Geary in Cavan just sent a TEXT saying RED aurora overhead. I can

see it from our Shop window in the brightly lit Butterly Business Park

in Dublin 5! Heading to country-side soon!

Checking the web sites and emails confirms a massive geomagnetic storm

is in progress and has been since 8am (been a little too busy in the

aftermath of our extremely successful Astro-Expo to be checking as

regularly as I usually do! see website for Astro-Expo report by the way,

with photos!).

The aurora was caused by a CME (coronal mass ejection) from sunspot

group number 484 that has survived a complete rotation around the back

of the Sun and is nicely on view again (I saw it from the office just

before the Sun set in a pair of 10x50s fitted with AstroSolar filter).

The CME happened on Nov. 18.

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Good Luck

Ken O'Neill
IMCA #9465

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Butterly Business Park</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>in Dublin 5! Heading to country-side =
soon!</FONT></P>
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geomagnetic storm</FONT></P>
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too busy in the</FONT></P>
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for Astro-Expo=20
report by the way,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>with photos!).</FONT></P>
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