Northern Lights Anyone?

RichZ · Nov 8, 2004

Two of my dogs decided that they had to go out at 12:30 last night, and I saw them here in upstate New York. They were real bright, and were all white. Usually we get colors, but these were much brighter than usual.

Ken_f · Nov 8, 2004

Had a good show of them here in SE Penna.

Took a few photos and put them on the web at:

http://home.earthlink.net/~kjfrazi/2004-11-nl.html

There are two great web pages that I use to see if I will be able to see them from my area. The first one shows the coverage of the Aurora. If I am well into the Blue (like I am right now) and its clear and I don't have a moon I usually can see something. Here is the page:

http://www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap/pmapN.html

This page displays more technical info on the solar wind.

http://space.rice.edu/ISTP/dials.html

What's great about this site that near the bottom you can have them send you an email when the activity is high.

Hope we get them again tonight !!

Ken

MossRoad · Nov 8, 2004

Spectacular photos! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

We have a pretty good cloud cover tonight... bummer. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

RobS · Nov 9, 2004

I was up at 2:00 this morning only to see clouds /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

weedsportpete · Nov 9, 2004

There is a web site/ service that will email you if the Northern Lights are strong enough for you to see. You put in your latitude and number of hours away from GMT, along with a minimum threshold of 'Aurora strength' (called kp index), and your email address, and you get emails when your area can expect to see them. Works great. If it weren't for the snow, I'd have seen them last night.

http://www.aurorachasers.com/Adec/Subscribe/index_html

DocHeb · Nov 10, 2004

Just coming home from work tonight - pretty amazing display out there right now. Extends from the horizen to a good distance past overhead. Mostly green, but some shades of red are there also - have never seen them like this before.