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Be on the lookout for Aurora activity! :beer:


NOAA forecasters estimate a 30% to 35% chance of minor geomagnetic storming during the late hours of Feb. 14th and 15th. The activity could descend to northern-tier US states such as Minnesota and Wisconsin. Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia are better bets, however.
 





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Raybo said:
Be on the lookout for Aurora activity! :beer:


NOAA forecasters estimate a 30% to 35% chance of minor geomagnetic storming during the late hours of Feb. 14th and 15th. The activity could descend to northern-tier US states such as Minnesota and Wisconsin. Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia are better bets, however.
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That's cool, thanks for the heads up. I will be sure to keep a lookout. I am still hoping for this to happen during my lifetime though:

 
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High-latitude sky watchers should be on alert for auroras on Feb. 14th and 15th. That's when a solar wind stream flowing from a coronal hole on the sun is expected to reach Earth. The scene on Valentine's Night could look like this:
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Update, our star is starting to go nuts!

Sunspot 1046 continues to put on a good show. Yesterday it unleashed the brightest solar flare in more than two years (an M8-class eruption) and today it is seething with magnetic activity. Rogerio Marcon photographed the turmoil from his backyard observatory in Campinas, Brazil:
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NOAA forecasters estimate a 70% chance of another M-flare from this region during the next 24 hours. The chief effect of impulsive M-flares is to ionize the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere. Waves of ionization can affect the propagation of terrestrial radio signals, suppressing some frequencies (shortwave) while boosting others (VLF). Radio listeners should be alert for disturbances.​
 
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Scotty 757 said:
Wow. What a nice hobby.
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It is a cool hobby. :thanks:
You will be amazed at what the skies will reveal if you live in a dark site (away from city and suburban lights) and have a crappy pair of binoculars.

Heck! The skies around my house have more sky glow than ever and I still enjoy gazing upwards.
 
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Ya I do live away from the city and I love it. The sky is much more clear.
 
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Raybo said:
It is a cool hobby. :thanks:
You will be amazed at what the skies will reveal if you live in a dark site (away from city and suburban lights) and have a crappy pair of binoculars.

Heck! The skies around my house have more sky glow than ever and I still enjoy gazing upwards.
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We live so far out in the middle of nowhere that you can hear coyotes and owls while star gazing.

Random meteor sightings (shooting stars) are very common.

During the summer we sometimes do not come back in the house until 4 or 5 am.
 
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2007Revolution said:
That's cool, thanks for the heads up. I will be sure to keep a lookout. I am still hoping for this to happen during my lifetime though:

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that was epic! haha. I remember there was a thread on CPF about EMP proof flashlights for nuclear EMP attacks/solar flares. It turns out as long as the lens is facing away from the direction of the blast you should be fine. Some people built EMP proof pelican cases by putting copper chicken wire around the foam in the case.

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