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Old November 7th 04, 11:58 PM
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aurora now, I'm at 41 N and they are to the zenith.

matt


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Old November 8th 04, 12:11 AM
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mak wrote:
aurora now, I'm at 41 N and they are to the zenith.

matt


What longitude?

Shawn

38 deg 32'0N / 106 deg W
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Old November 8th 04, 12:16 AM
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aurora now, I'm at 41 N and they are to the zenith.

matt


44N Michigan - awesome!

Ed T.


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Old November 8th 04, 12:17 AM
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Look like there's a strong aurora over Binghamton NY, but the sky is
mostly cloudy so I'm unsure of its extent.

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Old November 8th 04, 12:17 AM
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90 east or west, I forget.

Midwest USA

They are down a little from earlier.


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mak wrote:
aurora now, I'm at 41 N and they are to the zenith.

matt

What longitude?

Shawn

38 deg 32'0N / 106 deg W



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Old November 8th 04, 05:40 AM
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Shawn wrote:
mak wrote:

aurora now, I'm at 41 N and they are to the zenith.

matt

What longitude?

Shawn

38 deg 32'0N / 106 deg W


Poked my head out back at 8:30 MST. Green glow to the north. Drove a
mile north of town with my family & observing buddy Matt, to get clear
of the lights. A bright glow extended from NNE to NW from the horizon
to about 30 degrees. After about 10 minutes of dark adapting, we saw a
faint red glow near the upper extent of the display.
The green glow is still (10:30 MST) visible from my back yard.
Brightest aurora I've ever seen :-)

Shawn
Salida, CO
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Old November 8th 04, 05:48 PM
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Shawn wrote in message ...
Shawn wrote:


Poked my head out back at 8:30 MST. Green glow to the north. Drove a
mile north of town with my family & observing buddy Matt, to get clear
of the lights. A bright glow extended from NNE to NW from the horizon
to about 30 degrees. After about 10 minutes of dark adapting, we saw a
faint red glow near the upper extent of the display.
The green glow is still (10:30 MST) visible from my back yard.
Brightest aurora I've ever seen :-)

Shawn
Salida, CO


I thought the diffuse light I saw when coming in from a movie was
haze, but luckily saw alert on my email and went back out. AMAZING!
Flickering streaks, curtains, BRIGHT bars, one bright meteor and a
distinct red glow at one time. Watched for about an hour from 9-10
PST, came out again around 11 saw another 20 to 30', finally gave up
when sore neck started to compete with the loss of novelty. Not bad
for dirty old Seattle. I guess I'll renew that Spaceweather phone
deal after all!

Mike
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Old November 8th 04, 06:58 PM
Shawn
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Mike Wagenbach wrote:
Shawn wrote in message ...

Shawn wrote:


Poked my head out back at 8:30 MST. Green glow to the north. Drove a
mile north of town with my family & observing buddy Matt, to get clear
of the lights. A bright glow extended from NNE to NW from the horizon
to about 30 degrees. After about 10 minutes of dark adapting, we saw a
faint red glow near the upper extent of the display.
The green glow is still (10:30 MST) visible from my back yard.
Brightest aurora I've ever seen :-)

Shawn
Salida, CO



I thought the diffuse light I saw when coming in from a movie was
haze, but luckily saw alert on my email and went back out. AMAZING!
Flickering streaks, curtains, BRIGHT bars, one bright meteor and a
distinct red glow at one time. Watched for about an hour from 9-10
PST, came out again around 11 saw another 20 to 30', finally gave up
when sore neck started to compete with the loss of novelty. Not bad
for dirty old Seattle. I guess I'll renew that Spaceweather phone
deal after all!

Mike


There's a switch Seattle nice, while Salida clouded up by 11:00. See
Mike, it's not all 6th mag skies and no rain here (just usually ;-)
The one disappointing thing about this display was that we didn't see
any detail, only a bright glow.

Shawn
 




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