From anonymous at fakedomain.ips  Wed Oct  2 02:22:55 2002
From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous)
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 01:52:55 +0930
Subject: report of aurora observation
Message-ID: <002c01c26966$cf3f2d80$dcd46dcb@fakedomain.ips

>From anon at fakedomain.ips
Long 137.633
Lat -33.933
Just caught a glimpse of a very prominent ray about 10:45pm CST , then minor
activity throught the remainder of the night till 1am.

Cheers,
Michael




From anonymous at fakedomain.ips  Wed Oct  2 08:43:27 2002
From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous)
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 08:43:27 +1000
Subject: aurora last night
Message-ID: <B0AF3292D0266A42A2A27193AF6958593FCB62@fakedomain.ips


Massive aurora last night at 11:10 it was going all the way up to the
zenith. I first started watching at 7:50, there was just a green arc at
the start. I took some photos; ill send them to you tomorrow if you
want.
Paul Anderson
Ulverstone, Tasmania


From anonymous at fakedomain.ips  Wed Oct  2 08:59:57 2002
From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous)
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 08:59:57 +1000 
Subject: Aurora 1/10/02, SE Tasmania
Message-ID: <A8877251964B294BAB5BA1FC58B43FED1A0AD5@fakedomain.ips

Observed from Taroona, Tasmania 7053

First noticed it from Kingston at about 2030 as a bright yellow dome in the
SE with the setting Venus clearly visible through it.

By 2300 it was clearly visible on the N side of our house in Taroona. We
went to viewing spot with a Southerly aspect over the Derwent River.
Scattered low clouds to the S were black against the yellow glow. Extreme
activity directly overhead: roughly E-W stationary bands (like thin cirrus
cloud) with sheets moving through and past these at speed from about 45
zenith angle to the S to past zenith to the N. The stationary bands had some
activity, but would quite suddenly dissipate and reform for another period
of stability.

There was some beaming, slow moving. 

Colour predominantly pale yellow, suggestion of lime green. Didn't see any
red.

Still visible activity overhead and to N at midnight.

Peer Sands


____________________________________________

Peter Sands
Chairman, EucProd 2002 Organising Committee
http://cdesign/Eucprod/

CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products &
  CRC for Sustainable Production Forestry 
GPO Box 252-12
Hobart 7001
Australia

tel: <SNIP>
fax: <SNIP>
____________________________________________


> -----Original Message-----
> From: anonymous <anonymous at fakedomain.ips>
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 October 2002 00:20
> To: ips-aurora-alert at fakedomain.ips
> Subject: [Ips-aurora-alert] IPS AURORA ALERT
> 
> 
> 
> SUBJ: IPS AURORA ALERT
> ISSUED AT 1420 UT on 01 Oct 2002 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
> FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
>         
> 
> GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS. AURORA MAY BE OBSERVED
> DURING LOCAL NIGHT TIME HOURS IN GOOD OBSERVING CONDITIONS
> AT HIGH LATITUDES.
> 
> Follow the progress of this event on the IPS Space Weather
> Status Panel, http://ips/asfc/status_panel/
> 
> IPS would appreciate any feedback from people observing an
> aurora giving details of location and time. Please email to
> asfc at fakedomain.ips
> 
> Previous reports of observed aurora are regularly updated on
> http://ips/asfc/reports/auroraalert/maillist.html
> 
> More information about IPS Aurora Alerts can be found on
> http://ips/mailman/listinfo/ips-aurora-alert
> 
> This alert is not subject to forecaster validation. It is
> automatically issued from autoscaled data which may produce
> a false alarm on rare occasions.
> 
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From anonymous at fakedomain.ips  Wed Oct  2 09:02:08 2002
From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous)
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:02:08 +1000
Subject: Report of Aurora Observation
Message-ID: <003601c2699e$921fc4e0$0164a8c0@fakedomain.ips

1 Oct 2002 1400hrs GMT, Location - Mountain River, Tasmania.

Bright green/yellow glow to south, curtain effects, luminous 'smoke' waves
going from south to north and visible to a point directly above my location.



From anonymous at fakedomain.ips  Wed Oct  2 09:27:36 2002
From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous)
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:27:36 +1000
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <5E8889E6-D595-11D6-825C-0003938E6242@fakedomain.ips

just a report that last night 01/10/02 from midnight to 2am i observed 
an amazing display of the Southern Aurora. I am located in Hobart.
My email is <SNIP>



From anonymous at fakedomain.ips  Wed Oct  2 10:04:43 2002
From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous)
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 10:04:43 +1000
Subject: Report of Aurora Observation
Message-ID: <AFAC9B2BF1A8BF4886F5C0FDE428E90E807472@fakedomain.ips

Location:  Mt Wellington and West Hobart, Tasmania

Time:  	Local Time:  Observed 10pm to1:15am 1/10/2002-2/10/2002
	UT:  1300 - 1615 01/10/2002

Aurora commenced with green bands to about 25deg in the southern sky at about 1300UT.  At about 1415UT, on Mt Wellington, Bands/curtains from East to West to about 35 deg, and were slight green in colour, with occasional red to the south east, and west.  Then had the fast moving continuous waves to the highest peak in the sky, and then about another 15 deg to the north, so it looked like the aurora was coming from the north, so the aurora filled up over half the sky.  There was no cloud, and no moon.  Brilliant!

Michael Dempsey
<SNIP> Bus   <SNIP> Mob




From anonymous at fakedomain.ips  Wed Oct  2 10:46:45 2002
From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous)
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 10:46:45 +1000
Subject: Aurora activity Tasmania
Message-ID: <4FD42B2E1DE29F4895CEF5675A2F6E6DA78A17@fakedomain.ips

Dear Sirs
 
There was a very good display over Southern Tasmania last night.  A lot
of white/green lights with flashing high above [like torches being
flashed across the sky from different directions].  There was a small
bit of orange/red but most green and white.  One person at work said
that he could read his newspaper by the light it was so bright where he
was in Hobart.  Apparently it looked great over Mount Wellington.  Best
I have seen for a while.  You do send me alerts to my home email at
<SNIP Email> for which I thank you.
 
Regards

 
 
 
 

ANARE Science Planning & Coordination
Australian Antarctic Division
Channel Highway
KINGSTON,   Tasmania   
Australia  7050
 
Tel: <SNIP>
Fax <SNIP>
email:  <SNIP>
 
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From anonymous at fakedomain.ips  Wed Oct  2 12:38:33 2002
From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous)
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 22:38:33 -0400
Subject: aurora observing..
Message-ID: <008a01c269bc$ce6fd980$ac1d3841@fakedomain.ips

Hello...  I am in Maine as of 10 PM EST, I have see the aurora glow in the sky.  It stenciled the trees against bright sky as usually cant see the trees in dark sky.  The flame are showing very faded as of bright glow in northern sky.


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From anonymous at fakedomain.ips  Wed Oct  2 12:45:38 2002
From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous)
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 10:45:38 +0800
Subject: Aurora Australis seen at Pingelly Heights Observatory.
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From anonymous at fakedomain.ips  Thu Oct  3 01:54:20 2002
From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous)
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 11:54:20 EDT
Subject: tok, Alaska aurora report
Message-ID: <113.18675d37.2acc70ac@fakedomain.ips

Hi dear ones ... had it not been for you i would have missed a phenomemal 
northern lights experience last night.  All night long it rained.  THICK 
clouds.  Kept checking anyway ... at 6 this morning i went out and it was 
still raining ... but the aurora was sooo strong overhead, in many wide blue 
bands, with one point in the northswest sky that was so brightly glowing and 
fading that it was like a fire behind the clouds.  
    I have NEVER since 52 seen northern lights so bright that they could be 
seen through clouds while rain fell fast and heavy all about!  NOT a star 
anywhere in the sky ... but my imagination could only guess what wonders were 
obscured that we saw through the clouds what we did!  Thanks for your report 
that alerted me to LOOK!  Love, margie.


From anonymous at fakedomain.ips  Thu Oct  3 09:49:14 2002
From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous)
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 09:49:14 +1000 
Subject: Observation of recent Auroral activity
Message-ID: <59E89016869FD111BD9900805F19B1010D0A9A31@fakedomain.ips

Please find below some recent reports of good auroral activity from southern
Victoria.

Marty Rudd's report is from his home location in Somerville, Victoria, about
50km south east of Melbourne.  The approximate latitude is 39 degrees south.

Rob McNaught's report is from Coonabarabran in NSW at Siding Spring.

Also please find below FYI some information about our auroral alert
telephone network that helps more people see this phenomenon (though they
don't necessarily report it).

Regards,
Peter Skilton
president, Astronomical Society of Frankston Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: anonymous <anonymous at fakedomain.ips>
Sent: Thursday, 3 October 2002 1:14 AM
To: EAMN at fakedomain.ips
Subject: [EAMN] Aurora


I have posted some photos of an aurora i saw on the morning of the 15th of
September, Sunday morning around 4:00 am. I know its not meteor stuff but it
was a cool aurora.

Marty 
-----Original Message-----
From: anonymous <anonymous at fakedomain.ips>
Sent: Wednesday, 2 October 2002 11:39 PM
To: EAMN at fakedomain.ips
Subject: Re: [EAMN] Aurora was great


Hi Rob,

There has been quite a bit of aurora activity in the last few weeks. I have
seen three auroras in this period. One instance was pretty bloody good and
I've just posted some photos from that night (14th September - actually
Sunday morning) but there was some good aurora activity Wednesday morning at
about 3:00 am EAST, where there were some prominant beams and that
distinguishing red glow in the sky, but unfortunately it did not develop
into any major activity and only lasted 10-15 mins. The display on the
morning of the 15th on the other hand was a fantastic display that lasted
almost one hour (I spent 20 mins inside looking for my aurora alert phone
list which I eventually found and had to make 4 phone calls before I managed
to contact anyone, and by that time the aurora only lasted another 10 mins
before it died away).
Typical beams as well as red and green glowing were very prominant, as well
as the fact that it stretched almost right across the whole southern
horizon.
The photos come up pretty good too, very happy with them.

PS : Rob, are you going to the US for the leonids this year ?

Marty Rudd
-----Original Message-----
From: anonymous <anonymous at fakedomain.ips>
Sent: Wednesday, 2 October 2002 11:05 AM
To: Skilton, Peter SAL-OAFP/3
Subject: RE: [EAMN] Aurora?


Hi Peter,
I'll email you in future when I see something.  Looking at the Kp indices
from last night it is clear I saw an aurora (peak indices occuring at the
time I saw the aurora.  Surprisingly this is the first red aurora I've ever
seen.  For a few minutes it had a slightly defined edge to the western
extreme, but as I kept watching for rays to appear confirming the nature,
it just faded out.  I've seen overhead aurora from Scotland, with rayed
bands and flaming in the background (as good as any Leonid storm!), broad
intensely green bands with red lower edges, but never a diffuse red
aurora.  I've only seen a few aurorae from Siding Spring and have missed
all the big ones over the past 20 years!
Cheers, Rob

<SNIP Name>
<SNIP Email>
-----Original Message-----
From: anonymous <anonymous at fakedomain.ips>
Sent: Wednesday, 2 October 2002 2:35 AM
To: EAMN at fakedomain.ips
Subject: [EAMN] Aurora?


Sorry about the off-topic post, but did anyone down south see an aurora
tonight?  There seemed to be a diffuse red glow in the south to about
10 degrees elevation at around 23:30 EST (13:30 UT Oct 1).  It took
on a sharpish edge for a few minutes then faded away.  No sign that this
was caused by a bush fire.

Rob at long 149.07E 31.3S

<SNIP Name>
<SNIP Email>



=====================

 -----Original Message-----
Subject:	Info on the Southern Australia Telephone Aurora Network


The Southern Australia Telephone Aurora Network was started by Roger Giller
in the Astronomical Society of Frankston a few years ago (i.e. last century)
in order to help a wider group of people in the community actually observe
the rare phenomenon of the aurora australis at middle southern latitudes.
The acronym of "satan" has been suggested as being quite appropriate when
you're standing beneath a sky rippling with curtains and beams of red
auroral light!

The immediate group is currently about 25 people, and includes many amateur
astronomers/scientists across many societies, some professional
astronomers/scientists, and unaffiliated observers also.  There are no
restrictions or fees or hidden catches on whoever wishes to join.  You don't
need to be in any astronomical group, or even have access to email/internet
to participate.

The basic idea centres around having a list of people and their telephone
contact numbers, and any restrictions they wish respected in terms of
contacting them at any time of the night (e.g. "please don't call me after
11pm weekdays", and "never on Saturdays").

Everyone on the list has a copy of this information (for example I keep mine
with my mobile phone at all times).

An address (preferably email, but snail-mail is fine) is also needed so as
to issue subsequent name/phone number/restriction updates to the people on
the entire list.  Addresses are not published to people on the list, and are
not used for any other purposes.  Some people list their mobile phone number
so that they have the option of turning it off when it suits them, if
specifying restricted times is too prescriptive for them.

If an aurora is seen, or strongly suspected, then the initiating observer
triggers the network by immediately calling two people - the one immediately
above them on the list, plus the one immediately below them on the list.
The important thing is to do this while the aurora is in progress - not
afterwards!

Any noted restrictions on contacting them should be respected by the caller.
These two other people, then each phone the one person immediately above or
below them on the list, respectively, who then do similarly(again respecting
any noted restrictions).  If no answer is received, or it goes to a phone
answering service, then the phoning person abandons trying to make contact
with this entry on the list, and phones the next along the list until
contact is successfully made.

In this way, the message efficiently propagates simultaneously up and down
the list.  When the list top or bottom is reached, the caller merely wraps
around and starts going through the list at the other end, until eventually
the message reaches everyone on the list who was available at the time.

Some people on the list trigger their own private networks of contacts, but
this should be done AFTER they have passed on the message within this
primary network.

In this way, the network allows rapid warning of an aurora-in-progress,
maximising the chances of its observation or photography while it is in
progress.


We've seen and photographed a few aurorae this way from the Port Phillip Bay
region of Victoria, down along the Mornington Peninsula, up to Ballarat way,
but there is absolutely no reason it cannot stretch further afield.  On
average we'd have about 2 or 3 seen per year from Frankston (latitude 38
degrees south), and the occasional false alarm (it is better to initiate a
false alarm than to miss a good one).

Invariably from our southern latitudes, the aurorae are red or pink, between
the south east and south west in direction, with sometimes hints of greens
and yellows.  They can span up to 60 degrees above the southern horizon.  I
have seen several serendipidously over the years while doing other observing
activities, such as variable star observing, occultation and graze timings,
meteor watching and just generally being out underneath clear night skies
and looking up.  This alert network provides the opportunity to others to
share the experience.

If you're worried about not being able to see them, personally my colour
vision is such that it takes a very bright red event for me to see anything
noticeable dancing in the sky, and this alert network enables me to see and
photograph events to which I'd otherwise probably be oblivious peripherally
even if I were outside, and share the experience with others.


If you are interested in participating, please simply forward to me all of
the following information, then I'll batch up other similar requests to join
in, before replying to the entire list (including you) with the new version
of the network list.  These batched updates to the list will be issued at
most 6 times a year upon changes being received.

(a) your name (to go on the issued list).
(b) your telephone number (to go on the issued list).
(c) any restrictions you wish to set about when not to be contacted by the
alert network - such as time of night, day of week etc. (to go on the issued
list).
(d) email address and/or snail-mail address (this will not go on the issued
list, but is used for sending you updates to the content of the issued list.
An email address is preferred for convenience but is not essential).

If you do not trust this information to email, then please phone the
telephone number of the Astro. Society of Frankston on <SNIP> and
leave a message containing your details and requesting to go onto the next
update of the auroral network list.  It's as simple as that!

Regards,
Peter Skilton (Astronomical Society of Frankston Inc.)

====================




-----Original Message-----
From: anonymous <anonymous at fakedomain.ips>
Sent: Wednesday, 2 October 2002 4:20 PM
To: ips-aurora-alert at fakedomain.ips
Subject: [Ips-aurora-alert] IPS AURORA ALERT



SUBJ: IPS AURORA ALERT
ISSUED AT 0620 UT on 02 Oct 2002 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
        

GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS. AURORA MAY BE OBSERVED
DURING LOCAL NIGHT TIME HOURS IN GOOD OBSERVING CONDITIONS
AT HIGH LATITUDES.

Follow the progress of this event on the IPS Space Weather
Status Panel, http://ips/asfc/status_panel/

IPS would appreciate any feedback from people observing an
aurora giving details of location and time. Please email to
asfc at fakedomain.ips

Previous reports of observed aurora are regularly updated on
http://ips/asfc/reports/auroraalert/maillist.html

More information about IPS Aurora Alerts can be found on
http://ips/mailman/listinfo/ips-aurora-alert

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 Radio and Space Services      | email: asfc at fakedomain.ips
PO Box 1386                       | WWW: http://ips
Haymarket NSW 1240  AUSTRALIA     | FTP: ftp://ftp.ips 
tel: <SNIP>              | fax: <SNIP> 
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From anonymous at fakedomain.ips  Fri Oct  4 15:20:37 2002
From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous)
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 08:20:37 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: Aurora observation 
Message-ID: <1033708837.3d9d25255c1db@fakedomain.ips

Hi,

 on the evening of Oct.1, around 11:30 pm local time; location: Porvoo, Finland 
( about 50km E-NE from Helsinki ), a great aurora display began. Earlier in the 
evening a fuzzy bluish glow in the northern skies appeared so I expected to see 
some auroras later on. And it was worth waiting for. Around 11:30 pm bright 
auroras appeared all across the northern sky. They were very clear with sharp 
edges, not displaying a continuous "curtain" structure, but rather a dense 
structure of vertical lines of varying widths. Sudden pulses moving along these 
vertical lines alco occured, increasing the brightness considerably. The 
auroras were emerald-green/blue-green in colour. At, roughly, 00:15 am the 
auroras were fading both in activity and brightness, but a new bright "hot-
spot" appeared near the horizon in the E-direction a few minutes later. Of 
that, however, I have no further observations.

Cheers,

 Peter Bergvall