Highest kp in a while - March 18-19, 2006

[BethKatz17582]

Why has no one said anything here? The kp is at 5 or 6. Bz is slightly south (that may be why no talk). But someone should be seeing something. Maybe you are out snapping as many photos and memories as possible. Heck, I even received a mid-latititude watch.

[adh]

Hey Beth!

I'm with you, but we've got about 5/10 cloud cover here right now. 

Still, it's worth a peek so I'll take a quick look and advise....

[eddiestardust]

Just brought my telescope in and logged on. Saw that the K was at 6..went back outside and clouds are covering almost half of the sky now...

The Northern  half!!!:(

Will keep my eyes peeled though!

Ed Murray

Yardley

[Prairie Journal]

Would a snow and blowing snow advisory mean no viewing of lights?

Probably ...

[DW]

Nothing here in east central Iowa, unfortunately.

Maybe it's because of the Bz.

[Lorie]

Well, I have a slight glow to the north, but if it doesn't reach over the barn, I stay in my warm jammies...I am keeping an eye to the north,
Lorie
Eagle River, WI.
89/45

[BethKatz17582]

I pulled out my camera and took a check for green (8 second exposure). I can maybe imagine some greenish tint very low, but I think it's my imagination. I have almost clear skies (very scattered, very light, small clouds). Maybe I'll check again in a little bit, but I think I need a more southern Bz to see anything. I was frightened to learn I hadn't recharged my camera battery after camping last weekend. Oops! It's charging now.

[eddiestardust]

10-:59 EST or 03:59 UT here, and overcast now in Yardley.
A good thing I came in!:)

[adh]

Just back from 30 minutes worth of no joy. 

During the brief drive out of town, it looked very much like there was some some curtain activity about 30-45 degrees above the northern horizon for a brief period of time 0312-0315Z. 

Naturally, by the time I get to my spot and set up the camera and tripod, things had died down and then the clouds rolled in. 

Repeated digicam checks revealed... clouds.  It also looks as though the Bz swung northward. 

May try again later.

[Ukiyo-e]

Conditions couldn't be better here in Detroit with a clear sky and just the occasional teasing flashes, slight pulsing glows, it's the waitng game now!
Let's all rub our wollen mittens together and coax the Aurora into showing itself!
Stay warm and clear skies!

[Phil]

There was some really nice activity here (Yukon) last night around local midnight. Beautiful streamers right overhead. I watched for quite a while out the window debating whether I should head out or not. My thoughts were that it wouldn't last so why not just enjoy the show (first since September). Besides if was a little on the chilly side, -35C. Finally after 30 minutes or so I convinced myself to venture out to get some shots. Of course the sight of a tripod and camera frightens the aurora away.

[franny]

Hi Beth, I was really excited last night (I am in Denmark) but dind't see a thing.  Hoping the coronal hole effect is still around tonight.

Franny

[JohnC]

It looks as if we were some of the fortunate few to see last night's display. Because of cloud cover to the west, we headed north out of the Twin Cities, MN (to new locations--ick). We first saw the bow around 04:00z. It looked to be quite stable, so we kept going, looking for a more visual location (too many trees, no accessible lakes, ah well!) Driving north on one of the roads, the bow broke up into multiple arcs, dancing through the bow. (We've GOT to get off this road!) We turned east, found a place to set up and the aurora calmed back into a bow. Our better pictures were taken at a different location about a half-hour later. We kept shooting until the moon rose and the aurora had quieted. It sure was fun to see the lights again, even during solar minimum!  We posted a picture up to the gallery.

[santa]

we had a lot of cloud cover locally too so I headed South to try to get out from under it. That didn't work so well but I did stop along the way several times to view  when it was clear. It was very very active and very beautiful. What I saw was mostly overhead and not a good subject for photography but it was quite impressive. At one point there was a lot of red in the curtain but it was hidden behind trees and there was no place to pull over where I was driving. I did get one  shot and I'll post it if it comes out ok.