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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Migalot on 09 May 2024, 22:17:06
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SEVERE GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH: Giant sunspot AR3664 has now hurled at least four CMEs directly toward Earth. Their combined arrival this weekend could spark severe (G4-class) geomagnetic storms with mid- to low-latitude auroras. Although this is a potentially significant space weather event, it is not going to be the next Carrington Event. If the coming storm were a hurricane, it would be ranked category 4, not category 5.
Sunspot AR3664 has grown so large, it now rivals the great Carrington sunspot of 1859. Carrington's sunspot is famous because in August and Sept. 1859 it emitted a series of intense solar flares and CMEs. The resulting geomagnetic storms set fire to telegraph offices and sparked auroras from Cuba to Hawaii. The "Carrington Event" has since become a touchstone of space weather in pop culture, with recent headlines stoking fears of an "internet apocalypse" if it repeats.
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See https://spaceweather.com/ (https://spaceweather.com/)
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See Lads !
My tinfoil hat aint such a "daft idea" after all :D
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I am with you Dave except it is a knotted hanky. ;D
We are out in the open at the moment on the wonderful Costa de la Luz. Worse is Rota is just down the road. When the madman nukes Europe , if he sends two to Spain one would be Madrid and the other Rota. We will be back in our bunker from the 5th June.
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Good job I've got plenty of loo roll in then! ;D
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Will keep an eye out on the way to/from San Diego :y
Although when I tried filming the Aurora Borialis, the video didn't pick it up over the glare from the wingtip markers. Got some decent stills though 8)
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Metcheck have just put this out on Facebook:
AURORA ALERT: For the first time since 2005, NOAA have issued a Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch. This means an enhanced chance of seeing the aurora (northern lights) tonight and over the weekend. Of course, the nights are increasingly short now so the best times are between 11pm and 2am if you have clear skies.
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The resulting geomagnetic storms set fire to telegraph offices
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Can this one possibly be aimed at the BBC offices. :) Ill even put massive conductors on the roof if that helps. :y
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Friends have posted great photos from Oxford and Hatfield. Haven't seen anything myself due to light pollution here in North London. :(
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Friends have posted great photos from Oxford and Hatfield. Haven't seen anything myself due to light pollution here in North London. :(
Update: Some feint reds and greens seen, despite the light pollution. :)
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Fantastic show here in Flintshire, we were out till 1am watching, and looking at the graphs it may have got better still.
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Couple of phone pics...
(https://images.omegaowners.com/images/Jimbob/IMG_1079.jpg)
(https://images.omegaowners.com/images/Jimbob/IMG_1072.jpg)
(https://images.omegaowners.com/images/Jimbob/IMG_1058.jpg)
(https://images.omegaowners.com/images/Jimbob/IMG_1035.jpg)
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Great pics, Jimbob! :y
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We get a visible Aurora in the Uk and I am stuck in India >:(
Thankfully I have seen it a few times in Norway some years ago but still, what's the chances!
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Sods law innit....my dads away down on the south coast so also missed them.
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It's the end of the world I tell you ;D
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It's the end of the world I tell you ;D
Like something from the War Of The Worlds, where everyone goes blind after seeing the lights, expect me because I didn't. :)
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That's Day of the Triffids where they go blind
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That's Day of the Triffids where they go blind
And public schools
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Sods law innit....my dads away down on the south coast so also missed them.
They were seen in Lancing.
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That's Day of the Triffids where they go blind
Ah yes! :y