[Geysers] Auroras in YNP tonight or tomorrow?

[Karen Low]

Well, it is cloudy here, so not visible.  The Auroral activity forecast that I 
look at didn't look like they would be visible 
anyway: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/pmap/index.html

Karen Low



________________________________
From: "Freund, Udo" <udo.freund at lmco.com>
To: Geyser Observation Reports <geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu>
Sent: Wed, June 8, 2011 12:58:18 PM
Subject: [Geysers] Auroras in YNP tonight or tomorrow?


NASA announced this afternoon that a solar eruption involved an M2 
(medium-sized) solar flare, an S1-class (minor) radiation storm, and a 
spectacular coronal mass ejection (CME) from sunspot complex 1226-1227. After 
ballooning high above the Sun, the large cloud of matter rained back down onto 
an area covering almost half the solar disk.  There is a video @ URL 
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/123377553.html
 
The CME should deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field during the late 
hours of June 8th or 9th. High-latitude skywatchers should be alert for auroras 
when the CME arrives.
 
Will auroras be visible from Yellowstone?  Let us know, please, if you see them.
 
Thanks, 
Udo Freund 
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
--Will Rogers 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: </geyser-list/attachments/20110608/8570f680/attachment.html>