eekuasepinniW Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Man these pulsations are awesome and very high in the sky. Pretty bright activity too, don't even need to let your eyes adjust when walking outside. Definitely consistent with a local substorm outside the primary auroral belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Particle density got mighty jumpy over the past few minutes. Would those spikes be enough for substorming or not really? The ones that last just a few minutes... probably not. I see those spikes to 20.... they should be here shortly so we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professional Lurker Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Wow, amazing. Will try to post pics in the am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 That was amazing just now. Unlike anything I've seen down here. Huge naked eye pillars dancing around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professional Lurker Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Still going strong, guys. The moon had set, so any light that you see to the north will be the lights. More of a solid diffuse glow. Did have pillars into the big dipper, so almost overhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 This is the longest I've ever seen continuous pulsations. The greenish arc seems a little brighter now too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 The pulses were incredible and had some lights directly overhead. This is a quick pic from the night but much more to come tomorrow (note: the cloud is in motion so that of course is blurred): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Great shot eyewall, look forward to seeing some more. Clouded out here, and what I saw was nothing compared to the upper midwest and NNE, but I couldn't be happier even if I were Jim Cantore in the thundersnow. Full-halo CME this afternoon from the same active region, so maybe we can thread the needle on Wednesday night before the endless cloudiness commences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professional Lurker Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 It's clouded over here, but by the numbers it's still going strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Local area fogged in just in time for things to go to town. That was agonizing to watch knowing how good the display was. I literally could see the glow driving in my car as I passed breaks in the trees on the way to the GYX area. Arrived only to find stratus and fog streaming in off the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Love living in the woods, but having tall trees around the house (especially toward north) isn't helpful at these times. At best I could detect a glow from that direction, but short of driving to a hilltop location, that would be all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professional Lurker Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 All pics are raw, taken with my Sony a58. 30 seconds, f3.5, ISO 1800. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Clouds stole my aurora, and now clouds are stealing my severe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Here is the best of what I got while fighting the clouds: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Here is one more: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professional Lurker Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Eyewall, it blows my mind how much higher in the sky yours were. I mean, I know you're father north, but wow... the big dipper is completely engulfed. It was just fringed for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Eyewall, it blows my mind how much higher in the sky yours were. I mean, I know you're father north, but wow... the big dipper is completely engulfed. It was just fringed for me. I was blown away that they were directly overhead if not a little behind in some cases. They were not far off from reaching Alaska caliber at the peak. The only issue was the clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 How do these things always manage to hit in the late morning/early afternoon? It's even more uncanny than the weekend snowstorm rule. Ah well, doesn't look that great anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 How do these things always manage to hit in the late morning/early afternoon? It's even more uncanny than the weekend snowstorm rule. Ah well, doesn't look that great anyway. Damn it! That is way too early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Valley Snowman Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Here is one more: Absolutely stunning pics !!!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Absolutely stunning pics !!!. Thank you! I was hoping for another chance tonight but that now appears much less likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professional Lurker Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Less likely indeed. ..I'll still keep my eyes glued to the days though just in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Lights cancel tonight. Gonna try for some Milky Way shots as long as I have my batteries charged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Lights cancel tonight. Gonna try for some Milky Way shots as long as I have my batteries charged. Yeah the Kp barely reached 4 which isn't going to do it. The CME hit way too early and was weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 LOL well of course we hit a Kp of 6 this morning briefly and it is now a 5. Oh well. With that said there is some hope as an M7.9 flare erupted and likely produced a CME. We will have to wait and see if it is full halo and Earth bound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 A full halo CME was first seen by LASCO C2 at 08:36 UT. This event isassociated with the M7.9 flare peaking at 08:16 UT, from NOAA AR 2371. TheCME has an Earth directed component and is travelling at 1600 km/s. It isexpected to arrive to the Earth on June 26 around 16:00 UT and cause up tosevere geomagnetic storms. (source) The WSA-Enlil ensemble model (I think that's what this is) looks decent, though given our track record with progged direct hits, I never put too much faith in glancing blows. Albany has granted me a "partly cloudy" on Friday night, so maybe there's a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 LOL well of course we hit a Kp of 6 this morning briefly and it is now a 5. Oh well. With that said there is some hope as an M7.9 flare erupted and likely produced a CME. We will have to wait and see if it is full halo and Earth bound. can you recommend any good spots in VT to see the Aurora? I actually saw them either the end of 96 or the beginning of 97 when i was at Lyndon State College...but I was also drunk...oops...freshman year of college, what can ya do? anyway, I'm in MA so it would be a bit of a drive, but i'd be willing to put in the effort for the chance to see them again...I'd probably pick up a friend and then I could head north on 91...but I just don't know where would be a good open and elevated spot low on light pollution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 can you recommend any good spots in VT to see the Aurora? I actually saw them either the end of 96 or the beginning of 97 when i was at Lyndon State College...but I was also drunk...oops...freshman year of college, what can ya do? anyway, I'm in MA so it would be a bit of a drive, but i'd be willing to put in the effort for the chance to see them again...I'd probably pick up a friend and then I could head north on 91...but I just don't know where would be a good open and elevated spot low on light pollution Basically anywhere there is a clear view north. A mountaintop would be ideal but if not somewhere with a lot of open fields. For me that is up in the Swanton area outside of St. Albans. Obviously you can get darker skies in the NE Kingdom. I wonder if the south end of Lake Willoughby would be good out there. I should note as a rare occurrence the other night the aurora was nearly directly overhead at times and quite bright at times, but certainly away from city lights is almost always necessary. Friday night looks mostly clear up here so keep your fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 SWPC says it was an asymmetric full halo so at least some of it was Earth directed. Modeling is now in progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professional Lurker Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 can you recommend any good spots in VT to see the Aurora? I actually saw them either the end of 96 or the beginning of 97 when i was at Lyndon State College...but I was also drunk...oops...freshman year of college, what can ya do? anyway, I'm in MA so it would be a bit of a drive, but i'd be willing to put in the effort for the chance to see them again...I'd probably pick up a friend and then I could head north on 91...but I just don't know where would be a good open and elevated spot low on light pollution Don't know if it's possible at night to drive up Okemos mountain rd, but that could be real nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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