With my magnetometer out of action for a while and an ever quietening Sun, it seems like ages since I last posted any magnetometer data.
Yesterday Earth was struck by a modest geomagnetic storm (Kp5) no doubt sparking beautiful aurora for those lucky enough to be at favourable latitudes and without cloud cover. The source was a stream of particles comprising the solar wind, released through a large coronal hole in the Sun's outer atmosphere and travelling at speeds in excess of 560km/sec.
The comparison with professional data looks pretty good. I'm glad to say my magnetometer is back up and running fine.
Thanks for looking.
Stu.
Kp5 Geomagnetic Storm
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Kp5 Geomagnetic Storm
H-alpha, WL and Ca II K imaging kit for various image scales.
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/
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Re: Kp5 Geomagnetic Storm
great catch Stu and pretty much an exact match too, I look forward to more reports I wish we could have some clear skies, I've still never seen noctilucent clouds yet in my life and time is running out again for this year.
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Re: Kp5 Geomagnetic Storm
That's a great result Stu! You've got that system finely tuned to get such correlation with the professionals.
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Re: Kp5 Geomagnetic Storm
Thanks guys. Hopefully more to come
Stu.
Stu.
H-alpha, WL and Ca II K imaging kit for various image scales.
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/