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Re: (meteorobs) auroras even here

Hi!

From Hungary, many amateur ann professional astronomers saw the aurora
borealis yesterday evening between about 17 and 22 UT. It was
great! Several phenomenon could be seen in Pegasus which is from south
from the zenith in our latitude. Red, green, yellow and sometimes bluish
cloud-like, comet-like and ribbon-shaped auroras was seen. It was
interesting that the whole northwest part of the sky (below 25-30 degree
above the horizon) was yellowish and greenish. Westward I was meny red
auroras, sometimes they have shape like a triangle and an altitude above
the horizont between 5 and 40 degrees. After 22 UT there was some fogg in
my observation site (Budapest, fi=+47deg30', lambda=19deg03' E), but from
North-Hungary and South-Hungary where there are mountains many observers
saw the aurora. 

Szilard Csizmadia
Hungary

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Terry Johnson wrote:

> I've never seen anything like it.  Bright blue patches highlighted with
> red streaks extending all the way overhead from Arkansas!  I know some of
> you frequently report auroras in your meteor reports, but this makes only
> the third time I've seen them in my life, and they look spectacular!
> 
> --Terry
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-meteorobs@atmob.org [mailto:owner-meteorobs@atmob.org]On
> > Behalf Of John Pearl
> > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 7:26 PM
> > To: meteorobs@atmob.org
> > Subject: Re: (meteorobs) NC Aurora -- but not DC
> >
> >
> >
> > .....But DO REMEMBER that at low latitudes the aurorae tend to be
> > HIGHLY VARIABLE, i.e., EXTREMELY TRANSIENT.  ....... So keep looking
> > frequently
> >
> > John
> >
> > >I'm envious that someone many miles SOUTH of the Maryland/DC area
> > >can see the aurora, but there is nothing visible in these skies --
> > >even though they're VERY clear, and Cassiopeia quite obvious.
> > >
> > >Enjoy!
> > >
> > >Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>Hi All.
> > >>There have been some very bright aurora here in the Piedmont
> > region of North
> > >>Carolina. There was some red and lots of green. One time it
> > got so bright it
> > >>almost obscured Cassiopeia. I saw several sporadic meteors
> > while watching.
> > >>Mark
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