copyright 1999-2002 Stan Richard
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| Events in the Night Sky copyright 1999-2002 Stan Richard |
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| Aurora Storm on Nov.5, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
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| To the left is the GOES SXI satellite image of the powerful flare that exploded from the sun (Region 9684) on Sunday morning (10:18am CST), Nov.4 2001, producing a CME(coronal mass ejection) that caused the incredible auroral storm when it impacted the earth's atmosphere, seen as far south as Texas, Florida and Arizona the following evening. Image is courtesy of the NOAA Space Environment Center GOES SXI website. | ||||||||||||||||
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| The graph shows the Kp Index soaring to severe storm levels for 6 hours after the arrival of the CME in the early UTC hours of Nov.6 (approx. 7:00pm CST). The photos below were taken during this period, approx. 8:30-11:30 CST on Nov.5. Graph is courtesy of NOAA/SEC Boulder. For more information on the Kp Index, please click here. | ||||||||||||||||
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