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diachi said:
Entirely possible, shouldn't need a huge geomagnetic storm to push the Auroras that far south.

Keep an eye out anyway! :)
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This one is much bigger storm than expected (G4 level kp8), arrived here 1:56 AM local time and it was flaming whole night and still continues!
Heads up guys over Canada and US keep watching to the north skies!
 
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I think the Southern most location in the Northern Hemisphere Aurora's were observed, if I remember correctly, was surprisingly as far South as 35°N. Below is a Google map with the 35th parallel North Latitude as a reference.

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Below is the also a link to WikiTravel, where they mention in the "Where" section that can be found that far South during periods of high sun activity. :)

Northern Lights - Wikitravel

-Alex
 
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Benm said:
Same here, no way to see it if it was as bright as the moon, such thick cloud coverage... and weather forecasts say it will be that way for a few days, so no chance to get a glimpse even from a very dark location.

As far as geographical location goes it should indeed be possible, in the past it has been observed in such extreme situations nextdoor in germany a few decades ago.

I'ts one of those things i still really want to see myself, but chances here are low. One of my friends actually went way up in norway last year to see it and take photo's... pretty amazing stuff, but it was like -30C outside at that time, which is a bit harsh to me for something that you are by no means guaranteed to see: they spent like 2 weeks up there and got only 3 or 4 nights with good aurora's.
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Yep. I don't think I've got any chance this time round either. :cryyy:

ArcticDude said:
This one is much bigger storm than expected (G4 level kp8), arrived here 1:56 AM local time and it was flaming whole night and still continues!
Heads up guys over Canada and US keep watching to the north skies!
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Thanks for letting me know about it though ArcticDude. :beer:
 
This is pretty cool! A YouTuber I watch just posted it. It's a simulation of what songs you'd hear if you were at a certain distance from Earth! :yh:

Lightyear.fm

-Alex
 
I just realized we've passed Voyager 1's birthday without any celebration to our little guy all alone in space :(

Voyager 1's birthday was Sept. 5 1977.

Happy Birthday Voyager. May you stay in peace and keep exploring :yh: :friend: :gj: :gh:

Edit: When you think about it, Voyager 1 is still just in our backyard, cosmic-wise. Hopefully he stay's safe :yh:

-Alex
 
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Hap, It's Blank ^^^ Just a black box. Can anyone see it? YT had been making people go to the site to watch linked videos lately.
 
I just finished watching the live feed for the Cassini, end of mission commentary. And looking back at the recap, what an incredible accomplishment the entire mission has been.
Especially the data gathered about Enceladus, and the continuing knowledge that is being gained as the collected data is examined.

While watching this, I couldn't help but feel that special sense of awe and wonder for what was accomplished.
And all this has once again provided some hope and inspiration for our future potentials.

And for those that haven't checked out the live feeds for the ISS and other goings on and missions @Nasa I encourage all to check out NASA TV via the link below.

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public
 
Rivem said:
The European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is nearing completion to complement the nearby Very Large Telescope! We're going to get new and unprecedented views of the universe when it goes online.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/starts...ds-largest-telescope-prepares-for-completion/

Very creative naming. :p
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I'm just sad they didn't go ahead with the "Overwhelmingly Large Telescope".

For anyone not aware, I'm not making that up. :p

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CE5 said:
I just finished watching the live feed for the Cassini, end of mission commentary. And looking back at the recap, what an incredible accomplishment the entire mission has been.
Especially the data gathered about Enceladus, and the continuing knowledge that is being gained as the collected data is examined.

While watching this, I couldn't help but feel that special sense of awe and wonder for what was accomplished.
And all this has once again provided some hope and inspiration for our future potentials.

And for those that haven't checked out the live feeds for the ISS and other goings on and missions @Nasa I encourage all to check out NASA TV via the link below.

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public
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I watched the loss of signal part. Some great science to come out of Cassini, looking forward to seeing the final images it took.
 
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diachi said:
I'm just sad they didn't go ahead with the "Overwhelmingly Large Telescope".

For anyone not aware, I'm not making that up. :p
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Yeah. That thing would have been insane. I can't even imagine how much it would cost though.:eek:

The 30 meter scope might also not be happening due to some strange issues.

diachi said:
I watched the loss of signal part. Some great science to come out of Cassini, looking forward to seeing the final images it took.
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Its 13 year mission definitely produced a lot of excellent images and science. I'm really interested to see the next probe that we send to Saturn or it's moons.
 
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Rivem said:
Yeah. That thing would have been insane. I can't even imagine how much it would cost though.:eek:

The 30 meter scope might also not be happening due to some strange issues.
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Probably cheaper than the JWST. :shhh:

What's going on with the 30m telescope? Issues with approval from Hawaii still?

Its 13 year mission definitely produced a lot of excellent images and science. I'm really interested to see the next probe that we send to Saturn or it's moons.
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For sure, our instruments are continually getting better. Can't wait for more! :D
 
diachi said:
What's going on with the 30m telescope? Issues with approval from Hawaii still?
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Yep. They might be getting a permit soon, but there are still "cultural" issues with the site.

If they don't get approval by 2018, the alt site is in the Canary Islands, but that's cause a significant delay.

Honestly, I don't know why there are such huge concerns about it. It's not like the mountain doesn't already have a bunch of scopes on it, and the native Hawaiians would not have gone up that high historically.

Side note: This weekend and next weekend, my club will be hosting huge star parties with a few hundred people each!
 
Well, if hawaii doesn't want it put it on one of the canary islands for sure.

There is little in the way of places there being sarcred, but it will not get up as high as it would otherwise. Upside is you'll probably have good weather on the canaries as well as infrastructure in general as they are part of spain.
 
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