From anonymous at fakedomain.ips  Wed Jun 18 07:43:05 2003
From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous)
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:43:05 +1200
Subject: [Ips-aurora-alert] IPS AURORA ALERT
In-Reply-To: <200306170620.h5H6K1r06254@fakedomain.ips
Message-ID: <3EF03429.11148.3C19EC@fakedomain.ips

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

Pretty pathethic and not helped by moon and cloud but aurora discernable
as uneven lighting of southern sky, highlighting clouds in Dunedin
at 8:45pm local time. By 10:30pm, no aurora activity could be seen.

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From anonymous at fakedomain.ips  Tue Jun 17 19:17:09 2003
From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous)
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:17:09 +1000
Subject: Aurora
Message-ID: <000d01c334b1$3e842810$0164a8c0@fakedomain.ips

Location. Mountain River, Tas Postcode 7109

Time 18.30 glow to south plus searchlight effect


From anonymous at fakedomain.ips  Mon Jun 23 10:05:42 2003
From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous)
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:05:42 +1200
Subject: Report of Aurora observation
Message-ID: <OF4DF30F49.BC5F2326-ONCC256D4E.000085C4-CC256D4E.000069B1@fakedomain.ips

Location: Clyde, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand, latitude 45deg, 
12min South

When: Wednesday June 18, ca. 8.30 - 10 pm, NZ Standard Time (0830 - 1000 
hrs, 18 June 2003 UTC)

Phenomena: First noticed as a band of greyish light about 30 deg above the 
southern horizon, with a few diffuse bright points and beams.  Beams 
became stronger and extended up to ca. 60 deg.  The intensity of the glow 
increased somewhat, and a dull reddish glow developed towards the 
southwest quadrant, extending up to ca. 60 deg.  Bright spots increased 
and greenish-grey beams greatly increased in density, in places with a 
corrugated effect.  The longest beams (about 30% by number) extended to 
slightly past zenith, and then the show reached crescendo, with shimmering 
pulses of light shifting laterally from east to west, across the 
corrugated beams within ca. 35 deg of horizon, and then this passed into a 
period where diffuse sheet-like pulses of grey light came sweeping from 
south to about 15 deg past zenith, with a frequency of 2 per second to 
about one per 3 seconds.  Each pulse would pass from horizon to zenith 
within about one second. The display then tailed off over about 15 
minutes, returning to just the greyish white glow within 30 deg of the 
southern horizon.

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