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Posted: 5/11/2024 7:11:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alacran: Hmm. This could have a significant effect on the bird and squirrel population. Someone needs to tell me how this is. A joke? Or people will be living off birds and squirrels? Maybe I’ll finally get pecans off my trees before the squirrels get them. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 7:32:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GoldenMead: New X5.88 flare just erupted. We’ll have to wait till morning to see if this was directed at earth. and it is a full halo CME |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 7:43:28 AM EDT
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we are back to G5 again
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Posted: 5/11/2024 7:45:18 AM EDT
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The X5... If it is earth facing and going to impact... What timeframe are we looking at?
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Posted: 5/11/2024 7:51:38 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Mach]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dru: The X5... If it is earth facing and going to impact... What timeframe are we looking at? It is earth facing and it is a full contact C ( full halo ) . I don't know what the timing on arrival is. Typically the fastest ones take 15-18 hours, slower ones can take days. This one has a median velocity of 1008 Km/sec. Max of 2000 km/sec, minimum of 142 km/sec so my guess is probably tonight sometime in the early morning hours, but just a guess |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 8:10:58 AM EDT
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Aside from the aurora display have any issues been reported due to the solar storm?
I'm disappointed that I crashed early and didn't see anything last night, maybe another chance tonight though. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 8:13:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TinSpinner: Aside from the aurora display have any issues been reported due to the solar storm? I'm disappointed that I crashed early and didn't see anything last night, maybe another chance tonight though. The only thing I have heard of was posted in the ham forum, the WASS GPS satellite vertical navigation information ( GPS reception used by aircraft to fly low to the ground GPS approaches ) was unusable due to position errors. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 8:24:14 AM EDT
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S.W. Montana
Couldn't see anything with naned eye but the camera picked it up...I guess. Doesn't get dark until 10pm so I probably slept through a better show.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 8:31:45 AM EDT
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Excited for tonight. Going to grill have have a fire out back waiting. We amazed that it was visible with my eyes. I'll busy out the NV tonight, but the purple colors were really neat.
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Posted: 5/11/2024 8:36:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mach: we are back to G5 again "We are going to need an aurora subforum..." |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 8:45:51 AM EDT
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Headed to the family property today for some shooting and tractoring. Hope we get a light show tonight. No light pollution there and good views of the northern sky.
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Posted: 5/11/2024 8:47:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By L_JE: "We are going to need an aurora subforum..." Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By L_JE: Originally Posted By Mach: we are back to G5 again "We are going to need an aurora subforum..." being able to see aurora in Alabama is historic. maybe we need an historic forum. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 8:49:09 AM EDT
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I'll see if I can find the High-Current Z-pinch and Petroglyphs paper on IEEE.
It would be interesting to see if any of these petroglyphs could be dated and if those date ranges correlate to ancient C14 tree ring anomalies. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 8:53:51 AM EDT
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Midlands of SC last night around 1030pm.
 
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MI, USA
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Posted: 5/11/2024 8:54:00 AM EDT
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 Another Solar Storm Coming, Level 5 Event | S0 News May.11.2024 |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 9:02:07 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/11/2024 9:13:40 AM EDT
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We are in G5 right now. As Mach said the big X5.89 will hit us. It appears that we still have 3 CME’s on the way. Tonight should be another great show. Low level Auroras are expected. The grid and infrastructure have held up well. GPS seems to be the most affected system.
I’m personally looking forward to tonight and the Auroras again. Last night I could hear my different neighbors children in awe of the storm. It’s a good thing to get people outside and enjoy the wonders of the world we do that to little these days. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 9:18:25 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Mach]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GoldenMead: We are in G5 right now. As Mach said the big X5.89 will hit us. It appears that we still have 3 CME’s on the way. Tonight should be another great show. Low level Auroras are expected. The grid and infrastructure have held up well. GPS seems to be the most affected system. I’m personally looking forward to tonight and the Auroras again. Last night I could hear my different neighbors children in awe of the storm. It’s a good thing to get people outside and enjoy the wonders of the world we do that to little these days. it looks like we just had a big power surge. Lights went really brights a few times very quickly. ETA: I don't see anything new, so maybe not related. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 9:37:09 AM EDT
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Any chance of seeing it in central Florida tonight?
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Posted: 5/11/2024 9:39:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ciraxis: My first time ever seeing them. Unfucking real, the sky just exploded with light and color  I have a ton of shots to go through but I’m off to bed Absolutely. Fantastic. Bravo. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 9:40:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AngryNagant: Any chance of seeing it in central Florida tonight? It’s a possibility. We’ll know more closer to dark. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 9:41:06 AM EDT
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Guessing this was probably the most-photographed Aurora Borealis event in human history
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Posted: 5/11/2024 9:41:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AngryNagant: Any chance of seeing it in central Florida tonight? Fingers crossed ... for an X20. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 9:44:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ace-of-Based: S.W. Montana Couldn't see anything with naned eye but the camera picked it up...I guess. Doesn't get dark until 10pm so I probably slept through a better show. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/362259/1000008167_jpg-3211403.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/362259/1000008165_jpg-3211404.JPG |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 9:45:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By L_JE: Fingers crossed ... for an X20. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By L_JE: Fingers crossed ... for an X20. Originally Posted By GoldenMead: It's a possibility. We'll know more closer to dark. 
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Posted: 5/11/2024 9:50:18 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/11/2024 9:51:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TinSpinner: Aside from the aurora display have any issues been reported due to the solar storm? I'm disappointed that I crashed early and didn't see anything last night, maybe another chance tonight though. The auto steer system on my tillage tractor (just uses WAAS) was largely useless. It would want to be 10-15 ft off at times. The GPS in the planter tractor held up better but that uses RTK. Still lost differential GPS twice and I started using markers as a backup in case it went out. That said it wasnt being as accurate as it should be but I'm sure it was still better than me using the markers. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 9:59:24 AM EDT
[Last Edit: DaGoose]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By L_JE: I'll see if I can find the High-Current Z-pinch and Petroglyphs paper on IEEE. It would be interesting to see if any of these petroglyphs could be dated and if those date ranges correlate to ancient C14 tree ring anomalies. @L_JE Here you go. Part 1: https://zenodo.org/records/1232269/files/article.pdf Part 2: https://ia903002.us.archive.org/4/items/perattandpetroglyphs/Peratt,et,al,TPSv35n4-2007.pdf |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 9:59:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TEXASROOTERSBROTHER: Someone needs to tell me how this is. A joke? Or people will be living off birds and squirrels? Maybe I’ll finally get pecans off my trees before the squirrels get them. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TEXASROOTERSBROTHER: Originally Posted By Alacran: Hmm. This could have a significant effect on the bird and squirrel population. Someone needs to tell me how this is. A joke? Or people will be living off birds and squirrels? Maybe I’ll finally get pecans off my trees before the squirrels get them. Increased power over above ground lines.   |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 10:02:29 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/11/2024 10:05:38 AM EDT
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Read thus thread last night, almost went outside to look. Figured no way to see them here in North Georgia. All over Facebook this morning. Northern lights were visible here!! Hopefully will be visible tonight.
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Posted: 5/11/2024 10:11:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DaGoose: @L_JE Here you go. Part 1: https://zenodo.org/records/1232269/files/article.pdf Part 2: https://ia903002.us.archive.org/4/items/perattandpetroglyphs/Peratt,et,al,TPSv35n4-2007.pdf Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DaGoose: Originally Posted By L_JE: I'll see if I can find the High-Current Z-pinch and Petroglyphs paper on IEEE. It would be interesting to see if any of these petroglyphs could be dated and if those date ranges correlate to ancient C14 tree ring anomalies. @L_JE Here you go. Part 1: https://zenodo.org/records/1232269/files/article.pdf Part 2: https://ia903002.us.archive.org/4/items/perattandpetroglyphs/Peratt,et,al,TPSv35n4-2007.pdf Thanks. I haven't seen this one, and glad to see that he did a positional study. I'm still trying to find Part I, where he does a good job of showing the plasma experiments against what may be their historical recording in the rock art - similar rock art on different continents. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 10:16:40 AM EDT
[Last Edit: JackRebney]
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Mt St Helens.
  Originally Posted By TriggerM: Read thus thread last night, almost went outside to look. Figured no way to see them here in North Georgia. All over Facebook this morning. Northern lights were visible here!! Hopefully will be visible tonight. Our friends in NW FL saw them, pretty crazy. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 10:19:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cgrant26: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/203945/signal-2024-05-10-231319_002_jpeg-3211173.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/203945/signal-2024-05-10-225712_002_jpeg-3211176.JPG We also had a bonus flyover of the ISS through the middle of the show. What an awesome night. I saw the ISS too. Is there any word on how the astronauts are fairing and how they are protecting themselves? |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 10:55:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TriggerM: Read thus thread last night, almost went outside to look. Figured no way to see them here in North Georgia. All over Facebook this morning. Northern lights were visible here!! Hopefully will be visible tonight. Yep, me too. Kind of pissed. Somebody posted a dickhead astronomer prediction a few pages back that indicated we were too far south. I’m seeing northern lights pics from Shitty Carolina this morning. WTF? |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 11:01:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By konger: Yep, me too. Kind of pissed. Somebody posted a dickhead astronomer prediction a few pages back that indicated we were too far south. I’m seeing northern lights pics from Shitty Carolina this morning. WTF? I predicted they would be seen in central Texas and they were! There is a website that’s been posted that “predicts” the Aurora and it’s usually always wrong. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 11:09:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GoldenMead: I predicted they would be seen in central Texas and they were! There is a website that’s been posted that “predicts” the Aurora and it’s usually always wrong. Yeah, I should have went out anyway. Maybe I’m a little harsh I guess. It’s a once in a lifetime experience though. Way cooler than the recent eclipse. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 11:16:57 AM EDT
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Heading to Pisgah NF with the family for an over nighter, hoping for a repeat!
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Posted: 5/11/2024 11:26:06 AM EDT
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I went out a few time overnight and into the early hours of morning. Nothing. Had a few friends that drove up closer to the Red River to get away from DFW light pollution and they said all they got was a faint red glow using iPhones in night mode. I'm going to try with my DSLR again tonight.
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Posted: 5/11/2024 11:31:00 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Frank_B]
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F-ing clouds. First the eclipse and now this.
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Posted: 5/11/2024 11:35:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By pavil58ar: I saw the ISS too. Is there any word on how the astronauts are fairing and how they are protecting themselves? I haven't heard anything yet but then again I haven't really looked into it either. In previous big storms they all hung out in one of the Russian modules that had more shielding so I'm guessing they did that this time too. Still though, don't be surprised if they all come back with superpowers. 
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Posted: 5/11/2024 11:48:19 AM EDT
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These pictures look awesome, wish it wasn’t overcast where I am last night. I did get to see them in 03 and it was beautiful, had to ask my brother to come out and confirm I wasn’t seeing things.
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Posted: 5/11/2024 12:55:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By konger: Yep, me too. Kind of pissed. Somebody posted a dickhead astronomer prediction a few pages back that indicated we were too far south. I’m seeing northern lights pics from Shitty Carolina this morning. WTF? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By konger: Originally Posted By TriggerM: Read thus thread last night, almost went outside to look. Figured no way to see them here in North Georgia. All over Facebook this morning. Northern lights were visible here!! Hopefully will be visible tonight. Yep, me too. Kind of pissed. Somebody posted a dickhead astronomer prediction a few pages back that indicated we were too far south. I’m seeing northern lights pics from Shitty Carolina this morning. WTF? the storm turned out to be much stronger than forecasted. The reason why they call it space weather is because just like the terrestrial forecasters, the space forecasters cant get it right either. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 12:59:30 PM EDT
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Fingers crossed for another good light show tonight!!
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Posted: 5/11/2024 1:06:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bkpkr: Heading to Pisgah NF with the family for an over nighter, hoping for a repeat! Nice. Fingers crossed for a repeat. And, on the off chance there's an X45 flare, and we descend into civilization-ending chaos, would you mind saving me a tent spot? I'll bring some doughnuts. |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 1:10:52 PM EDT
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So, I go outside this morning, and it doesn't look like it did when I last saw it, yesterday.
I don't trust this thing. You can't turn your back on it. Worse yet, you carefully watch it go down over the horizon, and then, next thing you know, it sneaks up behind you. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. 
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Posted: 5/11/2024 1:12:22 PM EDT
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A more benign doomer question, does this increase the risk of skin cancer?
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Posted: 5/11/2024 1:14:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: A more benign doomer question, does this increase the risk of skin cancer? Honestly don’t know! |
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Posted: 5/11/2024 1:15:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/11/2024 1:17:50 PM EDT
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