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Northern lights in AZ
Posted: Aug 19 2003 8:41 am
by Dschur
On Sunday night about 9pm my husband and I observed the Aurora from Payson. He even took some pictures of them. There could be some more in the next week....
http://www.psiaz.com/schur/astro/latest38.html
Aurora
Posted: Aug 19 2003 10:09 am
by GeorgAZ
Wow!!
Great pics! Thanks so much!!
Posted: Aug 19 2003 12:53 pm
by Nighthiker
I am leaving later this week to go camping along the rim and I am taking the telescope. I am hoping to get some pictures of mars. Cool pictures by the way.
re:
Posted: Aug 19 2003 1:51 pm
by plummer150
Awesome, didn't realize AZ could get northern lights....
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Posted: Aug 20 2003 12:51 pm
by overrocked
In response to plummer150's reply:
if you can read Yahoo's story about Dust storm in our solar system. It should increase our shooting stars viewing. I think it also affects the atomosphere worldwide.
Posted: Aug 20 2003 1:31 pm
by olesma
The Yahoo article on the galactic dust storm can be read
here. And another Space.com article on the story
here.
Posted: Aug 20 2003 4:31 pm
by Dschur
In response to olesma's reply: One place to look for information on the auroras is on
http://www.spaceweather.com. They post all kinds of stuff on the spaceweather....
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Posted: Aug 20 2003 4:36 pm
by Dschur
In response to plummer150's reply: In the past 13 years that we have lived in Payson we have seen about 6 or 7 displays of auroras. They are most active during the peak of the sunspot cycle when the solar winds are the most active. We are heading out of the peak which is in a cycle of 11 years. One of the best ones was a few years ago and we were able to see the greens and blues here in AZ too. And see the curtain effects that they see up in the higher latitudes....
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Posted: Aug 21 2003 6:10 am
by plummer150
In response to Dschur's reply:
Woah, thats crazy, but awesome.
Posted: Aug 24 2003 11:26 pm
by Nighthiker
No luck observing Mars this past weekend. Too much mtn. biking the first day and I slept all night. The following night I had to settle for a lightning and rain storm.
Posted: Aug 25 2003 12:33 pm
by MtnGeek
THey hit AZ again!? I have heard that Arizona can only see them about once every 10 years. it was about 2 years ago I was on Mars Hill in Flagstaff and i saw them. Right around midnight they were doing some very spatacular things. It was simply amazing. About half the sky was deep red.
Posted: Aug 25 2003 1:49 pm
by Dschur
In response to Steven's reply: There could be another chance in the next month or so to see some more....