[AusNOG] Solar flare

[Paul Brooks]

And to think I held off posting anything when the alert came through, thinking
astronomical discussions would be uninteresting!

If your satellite dishes haven't blown away or floated away in the floods, or been
affected by rain-fade within the atmosphere, then the solar wind may well fix your
quiet evening.

If you have an interest in being alerted to this sort of thing in the future ,
www.spaceweather.com has a mailing list you can subscribe to.

This came through at 2:11am this morning, local Sydney time....

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Another Major Flare
> Date: 	Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:11:44 -0600
> From: 	SpaceWeather.com <swlist at spaceweather.com>
> To: 	SpaceWeather.com <swlist at spaceweather.com>
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> Space Weather News for March 7, 2012
> http://spaceweather.com
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> SOLAR ACTIVITY: Big sunspot AR1429 has unleashed another major flare--an X5-class eruption on March 7th at 00:28 UT.   As a result of the blast, a radiation storm is underway and a CME will likely hit Earth's magnetic field in a day or so. Geomagnetic storms are already in progress at high latitudes due to earlier eruptions from the active sunspot.  Last night, auroras were spotted over several northern-tier US states including Michigan and Wisconsin.  Check http://spaceweather.com for updates and images.
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Lots of pretty pictures of CMEs and auroras at www.spaceweather.com.

cheers,
    Paul.

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