Friday, December 02, 2005
Sunspot 826 produces CME, aurora to follow?
Image Credit SOHOWell, no sooner had I posted the Sunspot 826 post, but it erupted in a series of flares, (the image shows the first M class flare) ending in an M6 class flare (big). The strength of this CME is not yet known, but it is likely that at least some of this material will hit Earth in the next 24-48 hours, with the possibility of aurora.
People in Tasmania and Southern Victoria should be on the lookout for aurora after sunset on the 3rd and 4th of December. Aurora can strike anytime, but looking south after local midnight is often the best. At Victorian latitudes you will usually see a pink, shifting glow with faint rays, you won't see the magnificent sheets of aurora you can see in Tasmania.
# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 11:42 pm 
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