G3 Weekend Solar Storm 15th-17th Aug

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G3 Weekend Solar Storm 15th-17th Aug

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Hi all,

A CME impacted Earth's magnetosphere on August 15th at approximately 08:00 UT creating a G3 geomagnetic storm, which persisted over the weekend as Earth travelled through its wake producing beautiful aurora.

The geomagnetic disturbances were detected on my magnetometer, as shown below.
20150817-G3 solar storm.jpg
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Thanks for looking.

Stu.


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A good record of the event Stu!


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Thanks Stu Aurora seen in the South of Oz.


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Post by Montana »

Fantastic!! I got all the alerts but the major storms seemed to be throughout the day time (good in Australia I suppose). I couldn't see anything Saturday night even though it was clear.

Alexandra


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