[FOTZeiss] Fw: Auroras Possible, Although Solar Eruption Misses Earth

[Glenn A. Walsh]

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--- On Sun, 9/5/10, SpaceWeather.com <swlist at spaceweather.com> wrote:

> From: SpaceWeather.com <swlist at spaceweather.com>
> Subject: Solar eruption misses Earth, auroras likely anyway
> To: "SpaceWeather.com" <swlist at spaceweather.com>
> Date: Sunday, September 5, 2010, 12:33 AM
> Space Weather News for Sept. 5, 2010
> http://spaceweather.com
> 
> SOLAR ACTIVITY: On Sept. 4th around 1600 UT, a magnetic
> filament erupted, hurling a bright coronal mass ejection
> (CME) off the sun's northwestern limb. Today's edition of http://spaceweather.com features a close-up view of the
> blast from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. The CME is not
> expected to hit Earth. Nevertheless, auroras are possible in
> the nights ahead.  A solar wind stream flowing from a
> coronal hole is heading our way, due to arrive on Sept. 5th
> or 6th. NOAA forecasters estimate a 50% chance of
> high-latitude geomagnetic activity when the solar wind hits.
> With the approach of northern autumn, Arctic nights are
> getting dark again--dark enough to see the Northern
> Lights.  People in Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia
> should keep an eye on the night sky this weekend.
> 
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