Incoming CME detected by worldwide amateur network

[higginsdj]

A series of incoming CME's has been detected by a worldwide network of amateur monitoring stations. A snapshot of the event (currently continuing) is here:

http://www.david-higgins.com/Astrono...ME20110805.htm

A selection of worldwide stations including HHO in Canberra can be found on the official page (real time) here: http://www.sam-magnetometer.net/

Cheers

[Ray?]

What's a CME?

Cheers

Ray

[higginsdj]

A Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun.

http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/CMEs.shtml

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[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

Major geomagnetic storm in progress..aurora alert "at all latitudes" apparently

[Ray?]

Thanks, so many TLAs to learn.

Cheers

Ray

[mishku]

Ray, what's a TLA

[Terry B]

Originally Posted by mishku

Ray, what's a TLA

Three letter acronym

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Yeah Ray .... what's a TLA

Flash

[mishku]

an acronym for an acronym!? that's just cruel

[GeoffW1 (Geoff)]

The acronym list grows ever longer...........