Either Christine is my kind of female Nerd or I am being gently mocked. Or possibly both. :)
On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > 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 <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> 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 <christ...@caguila.com> >> 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 <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> 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 >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> 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 >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> 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 >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
