Bad luck to be sure, Darren. I too had a similar experience, though I did get word from from the ladies ham radio group I belong to that a 3rd CME was coming my way. Turns out it was just a Cormorant Migrating East. It had a slight gray aurora glow, but nothing photogenic for me to catch! :-)
Cheers, Christine On Sep 13, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > When I got to my dark site I could see a bit of a pink aurora glow on > the horizon, but nothing photogenic. This was about 9:30 pm local > time. It appears that the storm ended (as far as chances for me in > Nebraska) shortly after that. I was thinking that this was only the > first incoming CME and so I stayed in the hopes that the 2nd CME might > arrive earlier than expected, but now I read that the storm last night > was from the 2ND CME. The Bz component stayed north for most of the > evening (which supresses auroral activity) and it swung south > apparently only briefly. That's a killer for me. The only time I've > ever seen them this far south was with the aid of a southerly Bz > component. > > I'm quite sure, by the timing of Steve Sharpe's report and his far > more northerly (and more easterly) location that he probably got some > Good Ones. It would have gotten dark earlier for Steve's spot on the > earth, as well. Please do share them, Steve! > > > > On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Wow! Hope you all nighted was fruitful! Thanks for the heads up, though I >> have to admit, I went to the sites posted below and didn’t quite understand >> much :-). >> >> Cheers, Christine >> >> >> On Sep 12, 2014, at 6:34 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We had, not one, but TWO earth-directed CMEs last week and the first >>> is already causing an awesome geomagnetic storm. If you are 40th >>> latitude or above (and maybe farther south) it may be worth your time >>> to venture out of city lights tonight and take some 15-30 second >>> exposures of the northern horizon. You may be surprised at what you >>> see. >>> >>> The 2nd CME was ejected from the sun faster than the first and is >>> expected to deliver a rare potent ONE-TWO punch to the magnetosphere >>> (possibly overnight). I'm leaving shortly to head 100 miles west or so >>> where I have probably clear skies tonight. >>> >>> For all your aurora needs: http://www.solarham.net/ >>> >>> Specifically: current conditions http://www.solarham.net/oval.htm >>> and forecast: http://www.solarham.net/planetk.htm >>> (The forecast 3 hrs from now looks superb). >>> >>> Hoping for something like this earlier effort from south-central >>> Nebraska (near the 40th latitude): >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/7573641166/ >>> >>> Good luck everyone! I may be pulling an "all nighter". >>> >>> -- >>> Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs >>> look like photographs. >>> ~ Alfred Stieglitz >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs > look like photographs. > ~ Alfred Stieglitz > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
