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Aurora Visible In Mid And Low Latitudes

Posted by timothy on from the geographic-limitations dept.

vortmax(OU) writes: "According to Solar Terrestrial Dispatch, an Auroral Activity Warning has been issued for the middle and lower latitudes due to the recent huge solar flare and coronal mass ejection which hit the Earth today. Best chances to see the aurorae are after midnight local time tonight and tomorrow."

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  1. Online Aurora Monitor by Caractacus+Potts · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Solar Terrestrial Dispatch site mentioned above has a downloadable program that automatically pulls down recent satellite images, radar measurements, and live reports from observers.

  2. URLs for Aurora monitoring by Caractacus+Potts · · Score: 2, Informative

    My apologies for not mentioning that the utility was Windoze only.

    Here are the URLs for some useful aurora data.

    NOAA POES satellite
    http://www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap/pmapN.html

    GOES8 Proton Flux
    http://www.sec.noaa.gov/rt_plots/pro_3d.html

    Space Weather Now
    http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/

    For images of recent auroras, go to Space Weather
    http://www.spaceweather.com