A couple of minor Solar Storms from Tuesday-Wednesday

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A couple of minor Solar Storms from Tuesday-Wednesday

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As requested by Alexandra......

Here is what my magnetometer recorded on Tuesday-Wednesday (12th-13th April):
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The first event which peaked at about midnight on Tuesday was a minor (G1) geomagnetic storm resulting from an increase in the solar wind speed passing over the Earth. It produced some minor auroral displays if you managed to avoid the cloud :evil:

The second event which peaked at about 9pm on Wednesday was a slightly more active, but still G1, storm caused by a high speed stream flowing from a series of 'Earth directed' coronal holes.
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Many thanks to Stu for help constructing the magnetometer and for the use of his excellent software. It is great to have a method of observing the sun which is not degraded by cloud, rain, poor seeing and the dreaded jetstream :evil:


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Thanks Mike


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My pleasure Derek - it is nice to be able to provide you with something of interest even though the rain is pouring down outside :lol:


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Nice observations there Mike! I thought about getting home early this aft to maybe try a full disk, but then a few minutes later, even though it was sunny, it was raining too...


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Yeah, I know the feeling; I was keeping my fingers crossed for much of the day but only managed a few tantalising glimpses of the sun :roll:


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:hamster: :hamster: :hamster: great stuff Mike :bow :beanie:

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