From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Sun Sep 8 10:27:45 2002 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 20:27:45 -0400 Subject: auroras Message-ID: <6FE25264.02D0C9B5.0018EACF@fakedomain.ips Moderate auroras observed at Vantaa Finland pos. 60.19 N 24.58 E begining at 19.00 UT. ? ? Pentti Nyrhinen. __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channelsscape/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmailscape/ From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Sun Sep 8 09:24:43 2002 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 09:24:43 +1000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: <000a01c256c5$c13642e0$711786cb@fakedomain.ips Reasonable Aurora at 4.20 am 6/9/02 observed at Fryerstown near Castlemaine. Ruby red with slowly pulsating vertical white streamers. Dave -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Sun Sep 8 02:44:49 2002 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 11:44:49 -0500 Subject: Aurora Alert: Saturday, Sept. 7th Message-ID: <20020907225945.437F720F0A@fakedomain.ips Space Weather News for Sept. 7, 2002 http://spaceweather AURORA WARNING: A solar wind shock wave swept past Earth on Sept. 7th at approximately 1630 UT (12:30 EST). The interplanetary magnetic field turned sharply south when the wave arrived, which means a geomagnetic storm is likely. Sky watchers in New Zealand and southern Australia, where it was nighttime when the shock wave struck, have a good chance of seeing Southern Lights. Observers in northern Europe, and perhaps Canada and northern US states, might see Northern lights after local nightfall on Saturday. Stay tuned to spaceweather for updates. --- You are currently subscribed to spaceweather as: rwc at fakedomain.ips To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-spaceweather-403524A at fakedomain.ips From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Sun Sep 8 20:25:00 2002 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 20:25:00 +1000 Subject: aurora sighting Message-ID: <000801c25721$fdb303a0$cc811cd3@fakedomain.ips aurora seen at 0430 est sse of Loch Sport East Gippsland on Sat 8th Sept.Various shades of orange with vertical white or blue bands -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Mon Sep 9 01:55:02 2002 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 01:25:02 +0930 (CST) Subject: Report of Aurora Observation Message-ID: <200209081555.g88Ft2Gn014807@fakedomain.ips G'day, Just reporting an auroral sighting with details as follows: Date/Time: Sat Sept 8 18:15 to 18:45 2002 UTC Sun Sept 9 03:45 to 04:15 2002 local time Location: Just West of Victor Harbor, South Australia Latitude: 35 34.43S Longitude: 138 33.45E Conditions: Full clear sky, cloud cover nil, rural/coastal setting with no artificial light contamination. Aspect: Initially in SSW sky moving across to SSE/SE, elevation 10-30 degrees. Description: Initially quite a bright red air glow which decreased in intensity and gave way to more structured displays incorporating orange and yellow hues that moved eastward through about 50 degrees from the SSW to almost SE. Sharply defined angled drapes intersected by numerous (up to 5) yellow/white vertical fingers could be observed. These fingers varied in intensity with a typical lifetime of 2-5 minutes. Observed display lasted approximately 30 minutes. As a person with a geomagnetic background I was most surprised to witness such a display at this latitude, and with such colour. However the magnitude of the disturbance synchronous with this sighting (as evidenced by real-time magnetograms from numerous observatories) seems to explain the display observed. A photograph was taken in latter dying stages although this is yet to be developed and unlikely to be successful due to inappropriate film being in my camera at the time. Hopefully it will show something though. Interested to hear if anyone else witnessed this display. Cheers, Jon Whellams From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Mon Sep 9 06:35:34 2002 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 16:35:34 EDT Subject: no auroras Message-ID: <5f.2cedc8b3.2aad0e96@fakedomain.ips no auroras during hours of 8 pm-2 am 5, 6, 0r 7th Sept in Tok, Alaska. Heavy fog on 7th somewhat obscured stars so aurora MAY have been out very weakly and hidden by fog, but unlikely. will check tonight too. Love, margie. From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Mon Sep 9 11:08:16 2002 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 11:08:16 +1000 Subject: ips-aurora-alert digest, Vol 1 #39 - 1 msg Message-ID: <1DBEF093251ED749B7E5583137F479F601CCB79B@fakedomain.ips I wish to report extensive sighting of Auroral activity on Sunday morning. Aurora was observed by myself and other members of the Macarthur Astronomical Society on Sunday the 8th of Sptember. Activity began at approximately 3.35 am EST and peaked around 4.00 to 4.15 am. We were observing from a site in the Belangalo State Forest (near Berrima) -34 degrees and approximately 45 seconds south. The Aurora was mainly due south from our site but expanded somewhat more to the Southwest at its peak. The activity dissipated quickly after 4.20 am. The aurora contained many vertical moving pillars and sheets up to about 35 degrees above the southern horizon. Most of the glow took on a faint red/orange glow, but many greenish and pinkish tones could be discerned. Some photographs were taken on the night. Please contact me if you need further information regarding our observations. Peter Druery -----Original Message----- From: anonymous [mailto:ips-aurora-alert-request at fakedomain.ips Sent: Sun 8/09/2002 12:00 PM To: ips-aurora-alert at fakedomain.ips Cc: Subject: ips-aurora-alert digest, Vol 1 #39 - 1 msg Send ips-aurora-alert mailing list submissions to ips-aurora-alert at fakedomain.ips To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ips/mailman/listinfo/ips-aurora-alert or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ips-aurora-alert-request at fakedomain.ips You can reach the person managing the list at ips-aurora-alert-admin at fakedomain.ips When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of ips-aurora-alert digest..." Today's Topics: 1. IPS AURORA ALERT (Regional Warning Centre) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 04:20:04 +1000 (EST) From: anonymous To: ips-aurora-alert at fakedomain.ips Subject: [Ips-aurora-alert] IPS AURORA ALERT Reply-To: asfc at fakedomain.ips SUBJ: IPS AURORA ALERT ISSUED AT 1820 UT on 07 Sep 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: | fax: --__--__-- _______________________________________________ ips-aurora-alert mailing list ips-aurora-alert at fakedomain.ips http://ips/mailman/listinfo/ips-aurora-alert End of ips-aurora-alert Digest From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Mon Sep 9 12:49:32 2002 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 22:49:32 -0400 Subject: Aurora sighting In southern virginia Message-ID: <001401c257ab$8721ab30$caf94004@fakedomain.ips Could it be? About 50 folks on a church retreat were skywatching Saturday, Sept 7 on Kerr Lake on the border of Virginia and North Carolina. About 9:30-10:00pm several of us noticed a brightening of the northern sky. We saw what looked like the ray of a spotlight, followed by several more rays. That's when we began to mention what we were noticing to one another. As we continued to watch, the rays began to become numerous and turned green. The rays or streaks diminished and the sky looked red. This happened about 3 times over the half hour or so that we watched. It was a beautiful night with no moonlight to hide the stars from our view. And then such a treat from the sun. Wow! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: