On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 18:19:58 +0100, Stephen Tonkin
wrote:

John McRoberts wrote:
Has the north pole slipped, I thought most of the US was south of 49th
parallel, whereas most of england is north of the 50th.

The North Magnetic Pole is near Baffin Island, IIRC, not at the
Geographic North Pole. Michael was entirely correct.

Best,
Stephen

This is why the peak time for an auroral display, geomagnetic
midnight, is around 2200UT and not 0000UT. If you think about the
position of the UK, the North Magnetic Pole and the Sun you will
realise that at 2200UT they are all pretty much in a straight line and
this is when the UK is going to be at its deepest inside the auroral
zone.

I hope this makes sense.

Regards
Richard
www.morayskies.ontheweb.com
57' 42" N, 3' 26" W