Solar Section        

January 22, 2012

CR2118 released

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

November 15, 2011

SWPC Product Subscription Service Changes

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

September 6, 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

August 25, 2011

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
“NASA Science News for August 25, 2011 “

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

August 6, 2011

Auroras Reported

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

August 2, 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

Kim

July 31, 2011

Daily Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity from the SDIC

Issued: 2011 Jul 31 1250 UTC
roduct: documentation at http://www.sidc.be/products/meu
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# DAILY BULLETIN ON SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY from the SIDC #
# (RWC Belgium) #
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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

March 20, 2011

Four days of AR1161-AR1162 from Howard Eskildsen

Here is a composite of the past four days of AR 1161 and 1162. The latter did not even exist as a plage the day before the first image on this series. It exploded onto the scene rapidly, matured, and then began a slow decay, paralleling the slow decline of AR 1161.
Howard