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Solar flare might give us an aurora Friday night to Saturday morning
A huge x-ray flare occurred in the huge sunspot group (AR 1520) now on the sun. We might be affected by about 2:20 a.m. EDT Saturday the 14th, give or take 7 hours. So check the skies Friday night. Go to spaceweather.com for more information.
The CME from Monday hit the earth’s magnetic field at 10:10 a.m. EST
A geomagnetic storm is now raging above us and is inducing currents in the ground and transmission lines.. On the bright side look for a aurorae (Norther or Southern Lights) tonight!
A preview of the coming northern lights season*
Here’s a link to the mlive.com web site for an article on how great northern Michigan is to view the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis. Here’s the link to Best northern lights viewing in Michigan by Kim Schneider.
An auroral display. Credit Bob Moler.
* The “aurora season” or “northern lights season” coincides with the coming solar or sunspot peak which is expected to occur in 2013, and last several years.
Tip o’the dew cap to Pat Stinson.
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