AURORA WATCH: GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS

Ref: http://spaceweather.com/

AURORA WATCH: High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for
auroras on July 16th when Earth might enter a solar wind stream
flowing from a coronal hole on the sun. A similar encounter
with solar wind on July 11th and 12th sparked Northern Lights
across Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota
and much of Canada.

MARS & THE MOON: Before sunrise on Thursday morning, July 17th,
the Moon and Mars are going to have a remarkable close
encounter. Viewed from most places in North America, the pair
will be less than one Moon-width apart. Sky watchers in
southeastern Florida and parts of South America will see them
converge; the Moon will actually cover Mars for a while. The
best time to look is 8 o'clock UT. That's 1 a.m. PDT or 4 a.m.
EDT. Set your alarms and don't miss it! [sky map]

-Sam Wormley
http://edu-observatory.org/eo/aurora.html

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SUBJ: IPS AURORA ALERT
ISSUED AT 1220 UT on 16 Jul 2003 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 web site
by following the links to the Space Weather Status Panel,
Home Space Weather

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