Geomagnetic storm from CME impact

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Geomagnetic storm from CME impact

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A few days overdue, but better late than never. Here are my geomagnetic data from over the weekend when Earth received a glancing blow from a passing CME, sparking aurora even down to lower latitudes.

The event was short-lived, lasting only around 12 hours before things settled back to normal.
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Thanks for looking.

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H-alpha, WL and Ca II K imaging kit for various image scales.
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Wow! that was big :hamster:
Pity it happened overnight as I got all the alerts in the morning when it was light. It was cloudy and raining anyway but hey ho ;)

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Nice to see you on Spaceweather again :hamster: :hamster: :hamster:

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Thanks Alexandra. :) It was a nice surprise for me this morning.

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A good record Stu, I was sat out looking when the storm hit, but couldn't see any activity, just too much light pollution.


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