From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Sun Apr 1 00:15:39 2001 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 00:15:39 +1000 Subject: aurora sighting Message-ID: < From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Sun Apr 1 00:19:11 2001 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:19:11 +1000 Subject: Canberra aurora (2) Message-ID: <3AC5E75F.F60F5E0B@fakedomain.ips Hi, When I sent my earlier email, I assumed that I'd seen the last of the auroral displays for the evening. Not so. At about 10.55pm EST there was a brilliant rosy glow (6300A) in the south, reaching to an altitude of around 30 degrees, with a bit of vertical structure in it. Easily the best and brightest display of the evening, at around IBC3 (obscuring stars) or a little less. It only lasted for about 5-10 minutes and then faded rapidly, with a few streamers appearing faintly and then disappearing. As of midnight, no further displays. There was no obvious correlation with the Canberra magnetometer record, as far as I can see, but there must have been a heavy low energy electron flux to excite all that atomic oxygen. Regards DN -- ____________________________________ Nicholls Communications http://dcnicholls/ ____________________________________ From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Sun Apr 1 07:42:58 2001 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 22:42:58 +0100 Subject: Report of Aurora Observation Message-ID: <002b01c0ba2b$ccb751a0$b78f7ed4@fakedomain.ips Dear Sir/Madam, Just to let you know an aurora was seen from the village of Grasby, Lincolnshire, England at 1950 GMT today Sat., March 31st, 2001. We are approx. 4 miles from Humberside International Airport: 53 deg 32' North / 0 deg 21' West. There were red rays clearly visible at about 40 to 60 deg. above the horizon, emanating from low down to the north. The sky was generally clear with some moonlight. There was also a general milky white effect to the north like that seen at midnight on a clear night around the June solstice. Now [ 2140 GMT ] there are no visible auroral effects. With best wishes, SW Andrew - Mr. bridget.revdoc at fakedomain.ips -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Sun Apr 1 09:20:18 2001 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 09:20:18 +1000 Subject: huge aurora Message-ID: From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Sun Apr 1 13:16:52 2001 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 13:16:52 +1000 Subject: Report of Aurora observation Message-ID: <3AC69DA4.81A4B33D@fakedomain.ips Hi Just a report on aurore seen last night at 14.00UT ,seen from Linden,90km west of Sydney.Difuse pink and red glows seen from the south to southwest stretching approximately 65 deg above the horizon,Green rays seen eminating from the horizon and seen throught the pink glow.This lasted approximately 30 minutes and then a difuse green glow was seen eminating from the horizon in the south west,it stretched approximately 45 deg above the horizon and lasted a further 15 minutes.Both were extremely bright and unusual in these latitudes. Regards From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Sun Apr 1 13:40:27 2001 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 13:40:27 +1000 Subject: Aurura Observation Message-ID: <003a01c0ba5d$7edcd360$b43554d2@fakedomain.ips 9.30PM to 12 Midnight (AEST) 31/03/01. Long 147.4670E Lat. 35.1500S Forest Hill (Near Wagga Wagga). Started with bright red patches in the SSE which moved thru S & toward SSW then back again and gradually faded to a white glow, with a violet tinge which extended right accross the souther horizon. Beams could be seen extending about 30 deg. above the horizon from time to time and mostly accompanying the red patches. By around 10.30 the glow had an orange tinge and resembled the last fading of a sunset. Brightnes varied over time and the brighter glow changed from due S to SSW over time. As the night progressed the glow became fainter and more white in colour. Observation ceased at midnight. A quick check at 1.30Pm revealed no change. Peter Dunbabin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Sun Apr 1 17:21:31 2001 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 17:21:31 +1000 Subject: "Report of Aurora Observation" Message-ID: <000801c0ba7c$6138d740$1878fea9@fakedomain.ips Report of Aurora Observation at about 9.30pm est last night 31st march 2001 we saw a red glow looking south east from Narrandera NSW it faded in and out for about an hour I am not into this sought of stuff but we were sure it wasnt the farmers burning there paddocks as there was no smoke. it was definately a red glow in the sky. quite amazing we thought. the night was very clear for seeing this kind of phenomenon. yours sincerely Danelle Mclean PS pleasse send back an e-mail to reassure us that this is what we had seen,thanks. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Sun Apr 1 18:20:06 2001 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 16:20:06 +0800 Subject: Aurora observation Message-ID: <00e401c0ba84$8fed0ae0$ed4341ca@fakedomain.ips March 31, 2001 14:30 - 20:30 UT Yanchep, Western Australia 115.691 east 31.650 south Skies dark and clear. Some light pollution to the south caused by the city of Perth some 40km away. Mauor aurora observed over the entire observing period. Activity not constant but varied in a 2 hour cycle. When quiet, the aurora was visible as a faint glow to the south and a brighter glow centred at 20 degrees south of due west and 25 degrees in altitude. Nothing visible in between. Each surge in brightness was heralded by the appearence of several bright rays, followed immediately by an increase in the size and brightness of the glow. At its peak the display extended for 130 degrees in azimuth centred on just west of due south, and about 45 degrees in altitude. The higher portions were a bright red while near the horizon a green colour could be seen. Numerous bright rays were also visible. Maurice Clark -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Sun Apr 1 21:16:51 2001 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 21:16:51 +1000 Subject: Report of Aurora Observation Message-ID: <5CC980D2E7E1D411AF3A000629A86F9B0873EE@fakedomain.ips Date:- Saturday March 31 Location:- Mount Martha, Victoria. -38.267, 145.017 Beginning approximately 10:30 UT as a diffuse red glow in the south-east which brightened to easy visibility by approximately 10:45 but remained red. Lasted with varying intensity until approximately 11:15. Suspected visibility but faint until around 12:30 UT when a red glow appeared from SE to SW from near the horizon to approx 45 degrees altitude combined with white vertical rays up to 60 degrees. This display lasted for approximately 15 minutes then faded to a more diffuse red glow which lasted with varying intensity, but generally faint, until about 13:45 UT. Sky conditions early and late were broken cirrus but clear during the period when the most intense display occurred. Observed by several members and friends of the Astronomical Society of Frankston. Photographs obtained. Roger Giller. From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Mon Apr 2 06:03:14 2001 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 15:03:14 -0500 Subject: [Ips-aurora-alert] IPS AURORA ALERT In-Reply-To: <200104011818.EAA21922@fakedomain.ips Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20010401150111.030645b8@fakedomain.ips An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Mon Apr 2 10:12:37 2001 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 08:12:37 +0800 Subject: Possible AURORA observation in Perth! Message-ID: <003f01c0bb09$a0b4ff10$0301a8c0@fakedomain.ips G'day, You expressed interest in feedback from anyone who may have observed aurora. >From anon at fakedomain.ips CBD) at about 1:00 AM on Sunday Morning, I observed a very faint red "patch in the sky, centred around 30 degrees elevation from due west, and perhaps extending in roughly a circular area across 25 to 35 degrees across the sky. It was fainter than the milky way, and far less distinct - like the clouds of Magellan - though much larger and faintly red. (deep red for me - brown for Christine) It did not move or shimmer, though some times it seemed "more obvious" than at other times. I can't be sure of the exact location in the sky, however, it was just a little north of and next to the milky way which at this time seemed to run from the east south east to the west (my directions are just guesses), and it was a tad wider. It was difficult to distinguish it from an after image, and I would not have been sure that I really saw any thing at all if we had not driven to the beach at about 1:00 AM to make sure. We watched for about 20 minutes. Best viewing was between a couple of sand hills that reduced light pollution. There was no moon in the sky. Both of us (Christine and I) saw this red patch. I assume this is not a regular phenomenon and that we were observing the Aurora? Why was is almost due west, rather than south as I would have expected? Regards DM ------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Morris http://wwwwiz/ Perth Western Australia Phone: International Phone Address: Broadway Nedlands 6009 ----- Original Message ----- From: anonymous To: > SUBJ: IPS AURORA ALERT > ISSUED AT 2018 UT on 31 Mar 2001 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES > FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE > > > SEVERE GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS. AURORA MAY BE OBSERVED > DURING LOCAL NIGHT TIME HOURS IN GOOD OBSERVING CONDITIONS > AT REGIONS AS FAR EQUATORWARD AS LOW LATITUDES. > > > This alert is not subject to forecaster validation. It is > automatically issued from autoscaled data which may produce > a false alarm on rare occasions. > > IPS would appreciate any feedback from people observing an > aurora giving details of location and time. Please email to > asfc at fakedomain.ips > > More information about IPS Aurora Alerts can be found on > Web page ips/mail-lists/aurora_alerts.html > > > IPS Radio and Space Services | email: asfc at fakedomain.ips > PO Box 1386 | WWW: http://ips/asfc > Haymarket NSW 1240 AUSTRALIA | FTP: ftp://ftp.ips/users/asfc/ > tel: | fax: > > _______________________________________________ > ips-aurora-alert mailing list > ips-aurora-alert at fakedomain.ips > http://ips/mailman/listinfo/ips-aurora-alert > From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Mon Apr 2 11:54:43 2001 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 11:54:43 +1000 Subject: Aurora reply Message-ID: <0FDA0B04BCDAD311AC090000F87852DB0CF001@fakedomain.ips On Saturday 31st March 2001 we saw an aurora. We live at Khancoban NSW (lat 36? S, long 146? E). This was at 23.30 hrs local time. Friends travelling from Albury to Corryong (26km away) also saw it at 2300 hrs local time. We then saw another at 0330 on 1st April 2001 local time. Thanks for the alerts. Terry Foxcroft -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Thu Apr 12 11:00:10 2001 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 01:00:10 +0000 Subject: Au Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.20010412010010.0acf589e@fakedomain.ips Strong radio aurora today (Apr 11). First 144 MHz sigs heard at 2100 UTC. Still gong strong when I had to leave 2200 Z. Gone when I returned home at 0000 Z. (Central Kentucky). Shelby Ennis, W8WN - EM77bq - KY w8wn at fakedomain.ips w8wn at fakedomain.ips Web - http://qsl/w8wn/ <><