Unspecified geomagnetic activity

[hamateur 1953]

2 hours ago, Parabolic said:

 

If you dont like raw satellite data or sitting through magnetometers, I recommend going off of Dst or AE Index for near real time conditions. Kp is based on past 3 hours, it's very after the fact. 

Absolutely true @Parabolic as I discovered many a time that I was “ late to the party”. Now I watch the magnetometers in British Columbia on Vancouver Island. ( Victoria)  Dunno which is closer to @StargazingHippy but probably worth following. Still amazing shots posted!! 

[Malisha Reuvekamp]

It seems something has arrived again? So probably no longer a cir/hss anymore?

[Philalethes]

5 hours ago, chronical said:

Huh? I live at latitude 45.9N and got this beauty tonight

5 hours ago, StargazingHippy said:

Agreed, I'm on Manitoulin Island on Lake Huron and I'm seeing them currently (I'm Lat 45.7N. Lon -82)

Being in the US probably helps a bit, since the geomagnetic latitudes will be higher there than the corresponding geographic latitude in general. Great images, didn't expect any aurora to pop up these days!

[Prizma1227]

Lucky you all get to see it. 100% cloud cover currently where I am at . No chance  

[Manuel]

94 GW right now, not bad, hopefully it'll last till this evening and maybe get stronger even though i doubt it.

[Misaka]

G2 now. Looks better than expected.

[Jesterface23]

It looks like we had a SIR arrival, but I'm not certain if it is CME related with no SA arrival yet.

[BlueRoom]

14 minutes ago, Manuel said:

94 GW right now, not bad, hopefully it'll last till this evening and maybe get stronger even though i doubt it.

We can hope!

[Malisha Reuvekamp]

Swpc says it is the 24th cme.

And Met Office says its probably the 25th filament eruption

Edited Friday at 12:48 PM by Malisha Reuvekamp

[Balerion]

Don’t understand how we at g2 with Interplanetary Magnetic Field 9.32nt and bz -2.74 south.  When typing this.

or is there other thing that come into fact?

Am learning, so any information would be amazing  

[Calder]

I thought maybe this was from this C4 flare on June 25. Seems like it was a bit eruptive. Maybe a narrow CME? I haven’t been following very closely so maybe I’m missing something here.

Edited Friday at 01:34 PM by Calder

[SamDieGurke]

Damn G3 now huh

 

[chronical]

7 hours ago, Parabolic said:

If you dont like raw satellite data or sitting through magnetometers, I recommend going off of Dst or AE Index for near real time conditions. Kp is based on past 3 hours, it's very after the fact. 

Yeah, I agree, but this time, mostly the raw data and the Kiruna magnetometer were a help. DST was over -70 until about 5 UTC when I went in, and nothing more special happened. Kiruna on the other hand was in the -600/-700 values, so I suppose their magnetometer can be trusted

[MinYoongi]

2 hours ago, Misaka said:

G2 now. Looks better than expected.

 

1 hour ago, Jesterface23 said:

It looks like we had a SIR arrival, but I'm not certain if it is CME related with no SA arrival yet.

Any news on that? Interesting!

39 minutes ago, Balerion said:

Don’t understand how we at g2 with Interplanetary Magnetic Field 9.32nt and bz -2.74 south.  When typing this.

or is there other thing that come into fact?

Am learning, so any information would be amazing  

Im also confused by this. can someone explain? My explanation: Hp30 hit kp 7 an hour ago or so, kp always shows the greatest value of 3 hours even if only hit very briefly. hp30/60 is currently back at G2 so maybe its that. Thats a reason 
for aurora chasers to not use the KP index, as far as i know. 

3 minutes ago, chronical said:

Yeah, I agree, but this time, mostly the raw data and the Kiruna magnetometer were a help. DST was over -70 until about 5 UTC when I went in, and nothing more special happened. Kiruna on the other hand was in the -600/-700 values, so I suppose their magnetometer can be trusted

Kiruna is local, DST is not local.

Kiruna can be having Kp7 storms daily with no arrival at earth, i wouldnt use it to compare it to DST.

[chronical]

38 minutes ago, Balerion said:

Don’t understand how we at g2 with Interplanetary Magnetic Field 9.32nt and bz -2.74 south.  When typing this.

or is there other thing that come into fact?

Am learning, so any information would be amazing  

That’s because the Kp-index is based on the last 3 hours of activity. In the last three hours, there has been a great period of negative bz at -16 with normal winds and a good density, which is well enough for a G2 storm.

[MinYoongi]

since its a very, very far north local magnetometer and not many magnetometers like DST.

Just now, chronical said:

That’s because the Kp-index is based on the last 3 hours of activity. In the last three hours, there has been a great period of negative bz at -16 with normal winds and a good density, which is well enough for a G2 storm.

Yeah, like i suspected. thank you!

[Jesterface23]

This has been created,

[chronical]

3 minutes ago, MinYoongi said:

Kiruna is local, DST is not local.

Kiruna can be having Kp7 storms daily with no arrival at earth, i wouldnt use it to compare it to DST.

Ah okay, thanks! I guess it was a pure coincidencial event then.

[Prizma1227]

Aurora visible in Albany Western Australia  

finally get my chance to photograph will share later 

[Gojira Prime]

If this keeps up I'll be able to photograph it from my back garden again! Woo come on G5 you can do it!

[SamDieGurke]

Now G4 on swpc site… wow. Bz must have seen that and decided to end it for now ^^

 

oh i just noticed theres a new thread opened for it

 

Edited Friday at 02:28 PM by SamDieGurke

[Parabolic]

On 6/28/2024 at 3:02 AM, hamateur 1953 said:

Absolutely true @Parabolic as I discovered many a time that I was “ late to the party”. Now I watch the magnetometers in British Columbia on Vancouver Island.

When I'm feeling frisky for magnetometer data I'll plot Newport, Shumagin, Boulder, & Fredericksburg. GOES magnetometers require much less work on my part haha.  

[hamateur 1953]

15 hours ago, Parabolic said:

When I'm feeling frisky for magnetometer data I'll plot Newport, Shumagin, Boulder, & Fredericksburg. GOES magnetometers require much less work on my part haha.  

It would be nice if CANMOS Victoria B.C. Was displayed in nt increments also*.  Heck my own personal suspended mag would be better. But maybe my next “ project”. * it is tiny.  😇

Edited Sunday at 11:54 PM by hamateur 1953

[hamateur 1953]

Hey @Prizma1227 I had never heard of Albany WA was gonna move from Seattle to Perth in 1967 but never did. Had visas everything. Honestly thought there wasn’t much South of Perth/Fremantle until I checked it out. About as far South in WA. Without swimming ya can get!   See ya. Mike 

[Prizma1227]

5 hours ago, hamateur 1953 said:

Hey @Prizma1227 I had never heard of Albany WA was gonna move from Seattle to Perth in 1967 but never did. Had visas everything. Honestly thought there wasn’t much South of Perth/Fremantle until I checked it out. About as far South in WA. Without swimming ya can get!   See ya. Mike 

Yeah it’s a smallish town (~60k population) about 400km (250 miles) from Perth , beautiful beaches and not as many people as Perth which is great.