Posted by Nick Leadley on December 15, 2006 at 10:18 AM
Last night there was about a 10 minute window when the northern lights were visible. Was fortunate enough to get this one photo
from the Height of Land overlooking Rangeley Lake.
Does anyone know if the aurora will be visible over the next several nights?
Nikon D2X
2 min. exposure @ f/4
Posted by Jim Salge on December 15, 2006 at 11:26 AM
Hey Nick,
Great shot, looks like you were fighting the same clouds we were. Very nice results!
Just got your email, but I'll happily answer here for everyones benefit. The aurora will likely remain strong for a few days, peaking again Saturday night. Another solar flair was released yesterday, and will arrive then.
A great resource is http://www.spaceweather.com
Good luck shooting!
Posted by Pat Watts on December 15, 2006 at 4:22 PM
What time are they visible, and where can they be seen?
Posted by luke johnson on December 19, 2006 at 10:04 AM
is there a way to get the forcast for new england i know where not it the greatest area
Posted by Jim Deasy on December 20, 2006 at 7:22 AM
Luke,
I am not aware of a forecast specificlly for New England but here are some places you can check out:
The above is a plot of effect of the energy from the sun impacting the earth. The color indicates the intensity and orange id better than yellow. The red arrow points to 12 Noon, and you may notice that the orange is skewed towards the part of the earth that is in darkness. While this is not fool proof it does give you a visual take on what is going on. You can find this here:
http://www.sel.noaa.gov/pmap/index.html
This info comes from the POES sattalite and id updated after every pass.
You can get an email alert to tell you that activite is reaching levels where you could see an auroua at your location. You have to figur ethe threshold to set for the email alert. If you are in Mass/southern NH or VT I would set 6 as the threshold as it usually takes 6.5 minimum to be visable this far south. If you are central NH north set that threshold at 5 as you may see something at 5.5 Kp. Finf the place to get the alert here:
http://www.aurorachasers.com/Adec/Subscribe/index_html
Last and not least is a forecast site run by the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. This is man made forecast using a similair polor projection and a colored circle to try and help us underdstand the potential of a visible light show. Thanks to Jim Salge for pointing this site out. You canb find that here:
Discussion
4 repliesfrom the Height of Land overlooking Rangeley Lake.
Does anyone know if the aurora will be visible over the next several nights?
Nikon D2X
2 min. exposure @ f/4
Great shot, looks like you were fighting the same clouds we were. Very nice results!
Just got your email, but I'll happily answer here for everyones benefit. The aurora will likely remain strong for a few days, peaking again Saturday night. Another solar flair was released yesterday, and will arrive then.
A great resource is http://www.spaceweather.com
Good luck shooting!
I am not aware of a forecast specificlly for New England but here are some places you can check out:
The above is a plot of effect of the energy from the sun impacting the earth. The color indicates the intensity and orange id better than yellow. The red arrow points to 12 Noon, and you may notice that the orange is skewed towards the part of the earth that is in darkness. While this is not fool proof it does give you a visual take on what is going on. You can find this here:
http://www.sel.noaa.gov/pmap/index.html
This info comes from the POES sattalite and id updated after every pass.
You can get an email alert to tell you that activite is reaching levels where you could see an auroua at your location. You have to figur ethe threshold to set for the email alert. If you are in Mass/southern NH or VT I would set 6 as the threshold as it usually takes 6.5 minimum to be visable this far south. If you are central NH north set that threshold at 5 as you may see something at 5.5 Kp. Finf the place to get the alert here:
http://www.aurorachasers.com/Adec/Subscribe/index_html
Last and not least is a forecast site run by the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. This is man made forecast using a similair polor projection and a colored circle to try and help us underdstand the potential of a visible light show. Thanks to Jim Salge for pointing this site out. You canb find that here:
http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/
I hope this helps
Jim