In one of those websites, there were satellite photos and maps showing the location of the auroras. You might check these photos and go outside frequently each night to see if the auroras are near you.
John John L. Carmichael Jr. Sundial Sculptures 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson Arizona 85718 USA Tel: 520-696-1709 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: <http://www.sundialsculptures.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 5:48 PM Subject: RE: sunspot > Hi John, > > Thanks for the tip. I mounted an old pair of binoculars to project the suns > image on a sheet of paper. This gave a great image of the sun and the huge > sunspot that I could show to visitors. I will be watching for the aurora > tonight. > > www.spaceweather.com is a good site to check for details on the H69 sunspot, > coronal mass ejection and aurora. > > Roger Bailey > Walking Shadow Designs > N 51 w 115 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Carmichael > Sent: August 18, 2002 10:19 AM > To: Sundial List > Subject: sunspot > > > Hi all > > Get those filters and telescopes out! > > The biggest sunspot I've ever seen is visible without magnification using > just a dark filter . (But it is just barely visible using my shadow > sharpener with glossy photo paper as a screen). It been on all the news and > there are free telescope viewing sites all around town. It is a very > beautiful sunspot through a telescope or a telescope image projected onto a > screen. You can see a great deal of structure and well defined sunspot > umbral & penumbral regions. Auroras are predicted to be visible much further > south than normal and there is a danger of damaging solar flares. (Roger, > you should have good views up in Canada) > > Both the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope at Kitt Peak and the Sacramento Peak > scope in New Mexico are working overtime studying this one. And we're lucky > that there's no clouds (It's monsoon season). > > If you like this stuff, you'll love these great websites. There are photos > and movies of the sunspot, auroras and flares that are going on right now. > > http://www.sunspot.noao.edu/ > http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~obs/images/cur_drw.jpg > http://science.nasa.gov/ssl/pad/solar/greenwch.htm > http://www.sunspotcycle.com/ > > By the way, those of you coming to The NASS Conference have been given > special permission during our tour to visit the subterranean Observation > Room in the tunnels beneath the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope. An image of > the solar disk is focused onto big round horizontal table with a white > screen. There we will see an image of the sun that is about 5 feet across. > Be sure to bring your sunglasses for this! It is very bright and almost > blinding without sunglasses. > > John > > John L. Carmichael Jr. > Sundial Sculptures > 925 E. Foothills Dr. > Tucson Arizona 85718 > USA > > Tel: 520-696-1709 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: <http://www.sundialsculptures.com> > > > - > > > - > -
