I saw aurora for the first time here in New York City, just after sunset, until around 0040 zulu when I saw Iridium 15 flare. A red halo. Green in the middle. The red band started in the northwest, and ended in the northeast. The setting moon & planets were in the band. It was about one hand length wide, that is, I held my arm out, my hand was about the width of the red band. The band was also straight above me. The green was in the halo, at times, it looked like spokes, like a bicycle wheel. -Rupert, n2oto FN30cr tlj18@juno.com wrote: > I've been hearing this aurora reports, and it got me thinking. > > Last night (04/06), around 2015 local (0015 GMT), I was admiring the > conjunction of the absoutely beautiful cresent moon, Saturn, Jupiter, and > Mars. I had just stopped looking in my binoculars, and in the west, > these really red clouds came in! At 0010 GMT, it had covered most of the > sky! I thought it was a combination of the sunset and clouds, but could > this have been an aurora? When I came back olut at 0100, the sky was > completely dark. Saturn's brightness seemed unaffected by this cloud. > > If it was an aurora, it is my first sighting of one, for I live at only > 39.706 degrees north. > > ================================================================ > Jonathan T. Wojack > tlj18@juno.com > > Stay up-to-date on all events in space! > Visit http://www.geocities.com/tlj18_99/ Updated at least once per day! > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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