Spectacular aurora borealis caused by geomagnetic storms on sun’s surface may be visible in North America as far south as the midwest
    • stoy@lemmy.zip
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      6 个月前

      I have the Aurora Pro app on my iPhone, it sends me alerts when the forecast predicts northern lights in my area (around stockholm)

    • Krrygon@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      6 个月前

      Thanks for posting the map! Looks like here in central washington, I am out of luck haha. Better luck next time, I s’pose!

  • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyzEnglish
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    6 个月前

    But the solar flare was yesterday, if there was going to be any good viewing of auroras it would have been last night, or more likely a couple nights ago (from US time zones). The peak of it occurred shortly after lunch yesterday and it’s calmed down back to normal today.

    • mihnt@lemy.lol
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      6 个月前

      I mean, these are highly funded government agencies reporting this from both sides of the planet. You know something they don’t?

      • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyzEnglish
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        6 个月前

        The agencies were correct about the information, however unlike OP apparently I know how to adjust for time zone differences. Monday morning in Australia is still Sunday in the US, so yes that would have been the correct time for the warning. But this article was posted here a day after the event occurred, all of the warnings expired, and the Kp index had dropped back down to more moderate levels. At the peak of the event the Kp index reached around 8.0. When I posted my comment yesterday it was sitting at 1.66, well below the threshold for seeing auroras anywhere in the continental US. If you had any chance of seeing auroras here it would have had to be Sunday night, not Monday night.