(meteorobs) ADDED BONUS for South Delta Aquarid observers! (Fwd: Severe aurora storm in progress)

[Lewis J. Gramer]

For those lucky meteor observers who might have some clear skies tonight,
here's an added incentive to stay up and try to observe the South Delta
Aquarids and other minor showers of the "Aqr-Cap Complex", late tonight
and tomorrow night - you may catch the tail end of this auroral activity!

Moonset in many places is 3 hours or more before the start of morning
twilight tonight, and 2 hours (in places) tomorrow night! (Of course,
if you're near or in the Tropics, you may have to miss the aurora...)

Clear skies all, for the Aqr-Caps and/or for the aurora! :)

Lew Gramer
Cloudy Boston MA USA


-----Original Message-----
From: Graham and Amy [mailto:gramy at g...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 1:31 AM
Subject: Severe aurora storm in progress

Issued at 0530 UTC July 27 2004. (5:30 PM NZST time, July 27)

This is starting to sound like a broken record... Another CME has hit in the past few hours, and is producing strong aurora storming
at time of issue. Current Kp reading is 7+. This is a good storm, get out there! The moon is becoming a strong influence in sighting
these displays, but patience will likely be rewarded.

Region 652 continues to pose a threat for major flare activity, so more CME's may come in the days ahead.

Again, if you should see any auroras, please make a sighting report at this address: http://www.spacew.com/www/subaurora.html and
southern hemisphere observations can also be reported here: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~Sbevans/home.htm

Any sightings can help us to predict these events more accurately in the future...

At present, velocity is 954 km/sec. Density is 0.9. Bt is 25.2 and Bz is -20.1. The predicted Kp index for the next hour is 8+.

For latest conditions, see http://www.spacew.com/plots.html or check out the forum discussion at
http://www.spacew.com/aurora/forum.html.

Good luck,

Graham Palmer