Solar Section

Just a note to let you know how the CR files are created. They are a bit time consuming but I am streamlining the process a bit to make it a bit easier to do and get on line quickly.

After collecting the submitted images, they are entered into a spreadsheet and renamed to the files you see online. Also
after going through many renditions of ACDSee programs and text editors to create the html files, I am now using Picasa 3 to pull the images on line and also create a pdf file for the text information for the observations. This is located at the bottom of the page.

Please bear with me as I will be updating the past files which are not online to the new look.

Take a look at the new CR2118 which has been released. Look under the Pages Section A.L.P.O. Solar Section Recent Observations.
Let me know if you have any comments, either on the list, or directly at kim.hay@alpo-astronomy.org
Thank You
Kim Hay
Solar Section Coordinator

UPDATE: To ensure a smooth transition for all of our customers, the change in geomagnetic products originally scheduled for November 16th has been postponed until December 12th. Effective December 12th, 2011, the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) will be making numerous changes to its geomagnetic product suite. SWPC’s nowcast and forecast products, alerts, watches, and warnings will transition to be based on an estimate or prediction of the Planetary indices Kp and Ap. Currently all of these products are based off of the K-index computed from the Boulder magnetometer and the A-index from Fredericksburg, Virginia. The impact of the change should be minimal and no changes to product subscriptions will be required. For more details on the change, please see the customer announcement on our website at: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/geomag/geomag.html

The latest version of “The Weekly” Preliminary Report and Forecast of Solar Geophysical Data is now posted on-line and available at http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly/index.html

: Product: Solar Region Summary
: Issued: 2011 Oct 02 0030 UTC
# Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA,
# Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force.
#
Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary
SRS Number 275 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Oct 2011
Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Oct
I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z
Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type
1302 N16W41 277 0700 Fkc 16 16 Beta-Gamma-Delta
1305 N12W12 248 0170 Dso 06 14 Beta-Gamma
1306 N14E07 229 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha
1307 N14E37 199 0030 Dro 10 04 Beta
1308 S25E55 181 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha
IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Oct
Nmbr Location Lo
1301 N16W90 327
1304 N13W72 309
II. Regions Due to Return 02 Oct to 04 Oct
Nmbr Lat Lo
1289 N23 143

The latest version of “The Weekly” Preliminary Report and Forecast of Solar Geophysical Data is now posted on-line and available

NASA Science News for August 25, 2011

A new breakthrough in sunspot detection could provide days of extra early warning for strong solar storms.
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/25aug_sunspotbreakthrough/

Author: Dr. Tony Phillips | Credit: Science@NASA

Aurora’s have been reported across Canada , and images are available on Spaceweather.com .

Here is an image taken by Kim Hay on August 5, 2011 in Yarker, Canada

Aurora with the Big Dipper

New images from the Jim Loudon Observatory by Rik Hill

Posted at:

http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~rhill/solobs.html

Image of the Sun August 2, 2011- CR2113

This month is the first time I’ve used the Questar for solar imaging and
I’m not at all disappointed!

-Rik

The latest version of “The Weekly” Preliminary Report and Forecast of Solar Geophysical Data is now posted on-line and available at http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly/index.html

Kim

Issued: 2011 Jul 31 1250 UTC
roduct: documentation at http://www.sidc.be/products/meu
#——————————————————————–#
# DAILY BULLETIN ON SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY from the SIDC #
# (RWC Belgium) #
#——————————————————————–#
SIDC URSIGRAM 10731
SIDC SOLAR BULLETIN 31 Jul 2011, 1238UT
SIDC FORECAST (valid from 1230UT, 31 Jul 2011 until 02 Aug 2011)
SOLAR FLARES : Eruptive (C-class flares expected, probability >= 50%)
GEOMAGNETISM : Quiet (A<20 and K<4)
SOLAR PROTONS : Quiet
PREDICTIONS FOR 31 Jul 2011 10CM FLUX: 113 / AP: 007
PREDICTIONS FOR 01 Aug 2011 10CM FLUX: 114 / AP: 007
PREDICTIONS FOR 02 Aug 2011 10CM FLUX: 115 / AP: 007
COMMENT: NOAA AR 1261 (Catania 44) is now showing a beta-gamma-delta
configuration and has potential for major flares. In the last 24 hours
the largest one was a C3.8 flare peaking at 02:54 UT (from AR 1261). ARs
1260 and 1263 remain capable of producing M class flares. Several narrow
CMEs were seen leaving the Sun during late 30th and early 31st of July,
most probably without any influence on the Earth. There was some
geomagnetic activity in the night of July 30, with a period of minor
storm levels. This occurred as a consequence of the arrival of a fast
speed stream from a coronal hole. Conditions are quieter now, but more
active periods could occur today and tomorrow.

TODAY’S ESTIMATED ISN : 063, BASED ON 11 STATIONS.

SOLAR INDICES FOR 30 Jul 2011
WOLF NUMBER CATANIA : ///
10CM SOLAR FLUX : 113
AK CHAMBON LA FORET : 023
AK WINGST : 018
ESTIMATED AP : 016
ESTIMATED ISN : 063, BASED ON 16 STATIONS.

NOTICEABLE EVENTS SUMMARY
DAY BEGIN MAX END LOC XRAY OP 10CM RADIO BURST TYPES Catania NOAA NOTE
NONE
END
BT

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