sayhuh? Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 A nice little loop of the solar flare from last night. Geomagnetic storm to be here tomorrow morning, which means some nice aurora/ northern lights. Enjoy if you live north and heck if it is strong enough, maybe even mid US. You'll see the image with a bunch of spots/ static looking. That is the radiation hit the satellite. Quote Blown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namosh Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 I am in northern Kansas and I did see the aurora here once back in the early 90's. It was very cool. I hope we can see this one....and that it doesn't fry anything! Quote My Ram Quad Cab Blow-through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayhuh? Posted January 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 I don't think it will fry anything. We are monitoring the heck out of our satellites though lol. It will have some affect on orbit, etc, but overall, you may not notice anything other than the lights. Get some vids if you!! Quote Blown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azagtoth502 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Neat stuff, I'm too far south to ever see much. Quote pa-pa-platypus sorry not everybody has a companies nuts so far down their throat they catch every drop ball sweat when it falls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namosh Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 I hope so. I have heard before that a massive solar flare back in the wild west days hit telegraph wires so bad it actually caught the poles on fire. I don't know if that is true or not but imagine what that would do to all our fancy electronics we have now. Quote My Ram Quad Cab Blow-through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCaLBaMF Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 I hope so. I have heard before that a massive solar flare back in the wild west days hit telegraph wires so bad it actually caught the poles on fire. I don't know if that is true or not but imagine what that would do to all our fancy electronics we have now. Send us back to the stoneage for a few weeks, maybe months. Welcome Taliban and Al Qaeda... Quote 2004 Bagged Trailblazer (4)18" Sundown Nsv3s (4) Taramps HD10000s, Taramps DSP3000, Lanzar opti 250x2, AB 100x4 (2)DC power SP 270s, (14)XS Power d3100s, (1)d6500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamHT Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Doesn't get better than Alaska for the Northern Lights Quote Tell me...does this smell like chloroform to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwright27 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Doesn't get better than Alaska for the Northern Lights Take some vids and pictures for your southern SMD brothers. Quote 2006 F-150 4 DC XL M2 18's Walled Daily Driver XS Power 4 DC 3.5kw Team DC Team S.P.L. Lot of Audio Technix and 1/0 DC Audio Dealer American Bass Dealer XS Power Dealer Audio Technix Dealer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayhuh? Posted January 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Doesn't get better than Alaska for the Northern Lights Take some vids and pictures for your southern SMD brothers. For reals!! It's suppose to be a G3 level. Basically it affects: G 3 Strong Power systems: voltage corrections may be required, false alarms triggered on some protection devices. Spacecraft operations: surface charging may occur on satellite components, drag may increase on low-Earth-orbit satellites, and corrections may be needed for orientation problems. Other systems: intermittent satellite navigation and low-frequency radio navigation problems may occur, HF radio may be intermittent, and aurora has been seen as low as Illinois and Oregon (typically 50° geomagnetic lat.)**. found here if interested: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales/ Being I work with Polar satellites, it is of some concern on the drag and the electronics of some of our older birds (satellites). I doubt it will be real bad, but looking at that scale, it shows the damage these geomagnetic storms can do. Stone age...about right and without a quick recovery. You'd have to launch a new bird in some/ most cases. Quote Blown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlewalrus Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Do you work for NOAA? my dad does Quote 2005 Honda CR-V AQ HDC315-A Hifonics BRZ1700.1D .5 Ohm 4.4 ft^3 box Kenwood Deck Big 3 XS Power D5100R Starter, D975 Rear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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