Expected to hit Earth sometime on Saturday evening (January 21st) the sun has unleashed an M3-class solar flare and a full-halo coronal mass ejection. Strong geomagnetic storms are possible when the cloud arrives this weekend. The blast is from an active earth facing sunspot 1401.
Tomorrow night (Saturday night) could be a great night to get out and aim your camera (or even your eyeballs) North for a view of the Aurora. People in high Latitude and possibly mid latitude could see this blast.
If you can't see it with your naked eye, try aiming your camera north with a 15-30 second exposure time, just because you can't see it doesn't mean you won't get some good pictures of it. If you get out and get any images of it I would love to see your results. Feel free to e-mail me your images at adirondackastronomer@gmail.com.
Image from SpaceWeather.com.
Tomorrow night (Saturday night) could be a great night to get out and aim your camera (or even your eyeballs) North for a view of the Aurora. People in high Latitude and possibly mid latitude could see this blast.
If you can't see it with your naked eye, try aiming your camera north with a 15-30 second exposure time, just because you can't see it doesn't mean you won't get some good pictures of it. If you get out and get any images of it I would love to see your results. Feel free to e-mail me your images at adirondackastronomer@gmail.com.
Images from SpaceWeather.com
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