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September 2, 2015

The Carrington event of September2, 1859!

From Spaceweather- September 2nd, 2015

Today is the anniversary of an historic solar storm, the Carrington Event. On Sept. 2, 1859, a CME struck Earth’s magnetic field with such power that telegraph stations caught fire and people in Cuba read their morning newspapers by the red light of the aurora borealis. If a similar storm struck our planet today, it might cause trillions of dollars of damage to society’s high-tech infrastructure. Could the Carrington Event happen again? It almost did just a few years ago. Extreme solar storms–past, present and future–are highlighted on today’s edition of http://spaceweather.com

 
 

October 5, 2011

“The Weekly” Preliminary Report and Forecast

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

 
 

October 2, 2011

Solar Region Summary

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

 
 

August 6, 2011

Images from the Jim Loudon Observatory

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

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

 
 

January 2, 2010

Happy New Year Everyone!

As the clouds are slowly departing from Ontario Canada, we might actually see the sun. I can see from NOAA and Spaceweather there is still a sunspot AR11039 appearing in the lower southern hemisphere.

As this Solar Cycle 24 starts to come alive, lets hope for clear observing conditions.

I also urge you all to send in your solar observations to the Solar ALPO Coordinator at Kim.Hay@alpo-astronomy.org so these can be archived for use by researchers and amateur solar observers.

Please include the time in UT Time, orientation of North at the top (for images) type of equipment used, location. Please see the page on ALPO Report forms . Remember to join the ALPO Solar Email group on Yahoo.

Kim Hay
ALPO Solar Coordinator

 
 

April 22, 2009

Welcome to the Solar Blog

Each ALPO section now has access to a “blog” and an image gallery.  The blog can be used by any coordinator or section associate to post special alerts and images.  The gallery is also available for posting and archiving section images.

There are many advantages to using these applications on our website, including the ability to search posts by category, content and the ability to perform keyword searches when looking for images.  There is also an option that will automatically post to a Yahoo group whenever a post is logged to your blog.  The blog also includes an events calendar.   The best part is that you don’t have to wait for someone else to post your alerts.  Posting an alert to the blog is just like creating a Word document.  You simply type, cut and paste images and post – no web experience necessary.

Of course this is all optional.  If you like the way things are now with your section, that’s fine.  Please note that the gallery will be used for future image posts, if the webmaster is asked to post images for you.

If you need an account for your section, contact Larry Owens   Larry.Owens@alpo-astronomy.org

Here’s a link to the gallery:  https://alpo-astronomy.org/gallery

Thanks,

Larry Owens

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