Hi All,
Yesterday the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) tipped south. The solar wind and southerly magnetic field carried by it connected with our own magnetic field and allowed charged particles (mainly protons and electrons) to enter our atmosphere, creating strong and beautiful aurora.
As a G3 storm (Kp7) this was the strongest since last September.
Magnetometer data below.
Thanks for looking.
Stu.
Stong Kp7 G3 Geomagnetic Storm
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Stong Kp7 G3 Geomagnetic Storm
H-alpha, WL and Ca II K imaging kit for various image scales.
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
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Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/
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Re: Stong Kp7 G3 Geomagnetic Storm
Good data Stu, shame it was cloudy at the time, there was a good chance of seeing something from that one...
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Re: Stong Kp7 G3 Geomagnetic Storm
Great data pity I will never be able to make one.
I saw this on Spaceweather this morning, I always read these alerts a day late, I felt better that it was cloudy all night
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I saw this on Spaceweather this morning, I always read these alerts a day late, I felt better that it was cloudy all night
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Wow....... that is impressive and explains the two aurora alerts I got yesterday
Better get the soldering iron out and start work on mine
Better get the soldering iron out and start work on mine
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Yes, come one, get a move on, I want to copy what you're doinggrimble_cornet wrote:Better get the soldering iron out and start work on mine
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wonderful, thank you very much . I like to be a member of the party
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Re: Stong Kp7 G3 Geomagnetic Storm
Thanks everyone.
Hopefully the 'Magnetometer Project' thread will help describe at the practical level how to build one of these.
Mike G will work through the process described in my tutorial and we'll work out any wrinkles along the way.
Cheers
Stu.
Hopefully the 'Magnetometer Project' thread will help describe at the practical level how to build one of these.
Mike G will work through the process described in my tutorial and we'll work out any wrinkles along the way.
Cheers
Stu.
H-alpha, WL and Ca II K imaging kit for various image scales.
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/