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   Mallory's Musings & Mischief (malcircuit@thingy.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-May-2024 12:06:00 JST Mallory's Musings & Mischief

   Managed to catch a just-shy-of-X1-class flare a few hours ago when I put my scope out on the deck.

   The complex chaos of magnetic fields — that is much, _much_ larger than the size of Earth — designated as Region 3664 and Region 3668 (center right sunspot smudge) has been spawning a great number of flares recently, flinging an truly stupendous amount of energy and relativistic particles out into the solar system.

   #solar #astrophotography

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     Mallory's Musings & Mischief (malcircuit@thingy.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-May-2024 00:12:48 JST Mallory's Musings & Mischief

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     I want to establish extra urgency to anyone living in the Seattle and (less so) Vancouver area. The weather forecast is going to be about perfect for tonight. Almost no clouds.

     YOU ARE IN A PRIME AURORA VIEWING REGION. DRIVE OUT TO A DARK SKY LOCATION LATE TONIGHT (12-2AM) AND WATCH THE SHOW!!

     (I have an old friend out there and I'm honestly tempted to fly out there just for tonight)

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     Mallory's Musings & Mischief (malcircuit@thingy.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-May-2024 00:13:01 JST Mallory's Musings & Mischief

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     Oh WOW! The aurora forecast for tonight has been upgraded to a G4 storm!!!

     If you live in a northern state or Canada GO OUTSIDE TONIGHT!!!

     I'm so excited!!!! :meong_dance:

     Thomas 🔭🕹️ repeated this.
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     Mallory's Musings & Mischief (malcircuit@thingy.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-May-2024 00:13:16 JST Mallory's Musings & Mischief

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     So some of that stupendous amount of energy and particles that Region 3664 kicked off earlier in the week is projected to arrive here on Friday night, causing a G2 geomagnetic storm.

     If you live up dare in da north and it's clear out where you are (and you have a sufficiently dark sky), I highly suggest stepping outside and looking for some possible aurora in the sky. The viewline dips as far south as Chicago.

     #solar