{"id":8461,"date":"2024-10-11T15:01:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T19:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=8461"},"modified":"2024-10-11T15:13:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T19:13:15","slug":"spectacular-auroral-activity-oct-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=8461","title":{"rendered":"Spectacular Auroral Activity Oct 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Solar Cycle 25<\/a> has been an exciting one for sure, with many X-level solar flares and a few excellent opportunities for those of us who live around 41 degrees latitude to see auroral activity.<\/p>\n

This past week several notable flares corresponded with large Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) that were Earth effective. One of those flares impacted earth and produced a Major G4 Geomagnetic storm (in fact, it was just a tick below the level of Extreme G5). The CME impacted earth after 1500z Oct 10, causing the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF\/Bz) to point south<\/a>, creating perfect conditions for aurora.<\/p>\n

Here in RI, last light was around 6:45 PM local time and by 7:15 we were in a remote area with good views to the North, East, and West.\u00a0 The display was stunningly bright to the naked eye.\u00a0 At one point the red\/pink color in the sky was so intense that I noticed the ground was reflecting the color.\u00a0 The photos below were taken between 23:20 and 23:30 UTC.<\/p>\n

The Geomagnetic storm continued for almost 12 hours as shown in the Space Weather Prediction Center<\/a> graph below.<\/p>\n

As always two wonderful sources for Amateur Radio operators interested in solar condition are:<\/p>\n