Frage zu Sichtungsmeldung

[Helga]

Hallo allerseits,
leider bin ich erst gestern dazu gekommen, die PL-Sichtungsmeldung abzuschicken. Dabei ist mir aufgefallen, dass es nicht eine Meldung aus Deutschland gab. Gibt es bei STD Aurora Monitor ein Archiv? Oder finde ich das bloß nicht?
Ich meine den Link www.spacew.com/www/auroras.html
Vielen Dank für eine Antwort.
Grüße von Helga

PS: Habe wieder meine Mailadresse mit dabei. Hatte sie nicht wegen "Geheimnisverrats" rausgenommen, sondern wegen der eintrudelnden Spams!

[Katja Gottschewski]

Hallo Helga,

die Sichtungsmeldungen werden zwar beim STD fuer Forschungszwecke archiviert, aber im Internet zugaenglich ist das Archiv meines Wissens nicht. Auf der Seite mit den neuesten Sichtungen werden nur Beitraege der letzten drei Tage oder so gezeigt. Auch wenn man eine Sichtung, die schon laenger zurueckliegt, hinschickt, wird die nicht angezeigt, sie kommt aber trotzdem ins Archiv.

Gruss,
Katja

[Thomas Sävert]

Hallo Helga,

doch, es gab sogar zahlreiche Meldungen aus Mitteleuropa und darunter aus Deutschland, die aber inzwischen ins Archiv gewandert sind. Dieses kann man sich leider nicht anschauen.

Gruß, Thomas Sävert

: Hallo allerseits,
: leider bin ich erst gestern dazu gekommen, die PL-Sichtungsmeldung
: abzuschicken. Dabei ist mir aufgefallen, dass es nicht eine
: Meldung aus Deutschland gab. Gibt es bei STD Aurora Monitor ein
: Archiv? Oder finde ich das bloß nicht?
: Ich meine den Link www.spacew.com/www/auroras.html
: Vielen Dank für eine Antwort.
: Grüße von Helga

: PS: Habe wieder meine Mailadresse mit dabei. Hatte sie nicht wegen
: "Geheimnisverrats" rausgenommen, sondern wegen der
: eintrudelnden Spams!

[Peter Kuklok]

...dass ich so ein Sammel-Fritz bin.

Grüße
Peter

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DAILY SUMMARY OF AURORAL ACTIVITY

20 NOVEMBER 2003

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SYNOPTICAL INFORMATION
----------------------

Auroral activity is now summarized by the presence (or absense) of
ground-based sighting reports. Forecast conditions can be inferred through
the geomagnetic activity forecast section of the daily summary report of
solar and geophysical activity. Near real-time conditions can be determined
at: http://www.spacew.com/aurora/forumnotes.html. Current information
on CME impact predictions can be found at: http://www.spacew.com/cme.

SUMMARY OF GROUND-BASED AURORAL ACTIVITY SIGHTINGS

--------------------------------------------------

(Sightings are preliminary and may be unverified)

0001 UTC - (N36.10 W086.47) - Nashville, Tennessee

Comments: Prominent red glow in the northwest. There was also a

diffuse beam directly overhead running north/south surrounded by a

large red diffuse glow. The beam changed to a northeast southwest

orientation as the night

progressed. Some Green was also noted in the area near the beam.

0030 UTC - (N42.75 W090.75) - Cuba City Wis. USA

Comments: The diffuse glow was to the north of my position. One and

sometimes two bright "clouds" of aurora kept appearing at a

relatively stable location through the evening due south of my

position. Occasional beams would point toward the zenith from hese

clouds.

0100 UTC - (N31.40 W085.17) - Cottonwood, Alabama

Comments: I have never seen anything but red for the color and

tonight I had red and green. The green colors were more or less

featureless and about 10 degrees above the horizon. The red colors

were all the way from the zenith to the horizon with soli color

patches as well as streaks and streams of color. I have pictures

avaliable.

0500 UTC - (N43.50 W084.00) - Willis Michigan

0500 UTC - (N47.25 W075.00) - Peterborough, Ont.

Comments: Width of activity from NW-NE area of sky and the Big

Dipper was readily seen. Driving from Ottawa to Peterborough along

Hwy 7A from early evening until we arrived home. Auroral acivity

seen from 5:30 DST. - 8:30 P.M. when we got home. Brightes about 6

p.m. D.S.T.

0600 UTC - (N39.06 W108.36) - grand junction colorado

Comments: observed @ o445 mt standard time.

0600 UTC - (N48.00 W123.00) - Port Angeles, Washington

Comments: georgeous, punctuated by an occasional shooting star by

the leonid meteor shower

0605 UTC - (N34.50 W087.00) - Bethpage, TN

Comments: Always on the look out for happenings in the sky and WOW

was that happening!! Two misty white, glowing cloud-like formations

to the west, then found one to the east...gradually turning to a

tinted green color...seemingly they would disapate thn return.

Several red glowing streaks at 90 degrees and one huge streak of

red to the SW...these too, changed from red to pink and some light

purple could be seen. Watched for over 90 mins.

0800 UTC - (N43.00 W088.00) - St. Francis, WI USA

0848 UTC - (N44.25 W099.00) - Madison, SD

Comments: Really bright, but clouds a big factor. I've been

watching it for a while and still very intense. Weather forecast

says clearing skies. Let's hope!

0905 UTC - (S46.50 E171.75) - Dunedin, New Zealand

Comments: It was initially hard to tell whether there was an aurora

or just faint illumination from the sun, which had set about two

hours earlier. The south sky looked blue and lighter than the

remaining sky. There were also horizon clouds obscuring th aurora.

A short period of observation convinced me and my son that the dark

rays we could see were too straight and changing too rapidly to be

from clouds. I checked again at about 11:30 UTC (after local

midnight), but the south sky was completely covered by clouds.

0914 UTC - (N45.00 W093.75) - Ham Lake, Minnesota

Comments: Finally, clear skies and Aurora in Minnesota! To top it

off...some fabulous Leonid "leftovers" with awsome tails

Interestingly enough, this is the first time I have seen the aurora

situated so very distinctly in the north WEST sky. Enjoy them

ow...snow is in the week end forcast

0935 UTC - (N44.25 W093.75) - Minneapolis, MN USA

Comments: Display is still ongoing! Deep red glows observed in both

the NE and NW. Periods of intense green rays shooting up. Best

Aurora display in months for downtown Minneapolis.

0945 UTC - (N48.40 W123.60) - Metchosin, BC

Comments: WOW! I saw the mid-lat warning, but

never expected this wonderful display! Went out around 0100 PST,

and f rom around 0145 PST the diffuse green glow low on the

northern horizon just exploded into a kaliedescope

of dancing arcs and curtains, with slender tall spires of red and

green and white reaching up into the sky. Several

times these rays combined to produce amazing columns of soft pink

and green. Everywhere along the nothern

horizon were pulsing, flashing patches of auroral green and red.

Amazing! Around 0245 the show subsided, so I

came off the hill to dump my pics in the computer. Looks like the

activity is picking up again.

1000 UTC - (N38.25 W089.25) - Carbondale, Illinois

1000 UTC - (N49.54 W124.34) - powell river bc canada

Comments: slight cloud and also clear at times this was quite good

for my area on the coast of british columbia.

regards rod innes

1010 UTC - (N40.25 W083.00) - Delaware, Ohio

Comments: A red diffuse glow was observed from the north to the

north-north east horizon between the constellations Cepheus and

Draco and observed to be some 20 degrees high off of the horizon. A

solidary single green column or beam was observed to some25 degrees

high extending through the constellation Draco in the NNE. The

entire display this morning lasted only 25 minutes.

1015 UTC - (N44.25 W087.00) - lake ann, michigan

Comments: Wow! The first time we've seen auroral activity. Bright

red and green colors across the sky, with beams of light...amazing.

Saw it first around 3:20am, very dim, then WHAM! around 5:15 it was

spectacular, and lit up the whole northwest sky!

1015 UTC - (N45.00 W093.00) - Minneapolis, MN

Comments: Sounds like I missed some activity before I got up this

morning, and missing more now after sunrise.

Started as a diffuse red glow with the occassional fleeting bluish

ray, then it just kind of took off. Tall, shifting rays, blue at

bottom, red on top. Glowing patches of various colors fading in and

out in different locations. Then further in the distance nearer the

horizon some green curtains started building up. Then the whole

thing gradually faded quite evenly. Not bad for a bright city on

short notice!

1030 UTC - (N38.25 W078.75) - Chancellorsville VA

Comments: woke early this morning and saw a faint red glow very low

on the horizon, didn't last very long and was not very remarkable,

other then that auroras this far south are very rare

1030 UTC - (S45.00 E171.00) - Timaru, New Zealand

Comments: Was out ready for this one at sunset - setup camera

overlooking the sea hoping for reflections. The glow grew as did a

southerly front which quickly gobbled up the southern sky - very

very frustrating. For the first time in a ling time saw brght

coloured beams seen due East and through holes in cloud. Of course

needed film change right at the peak of activity. Hopefully got

some 'arty' shots. Tried to drive north but cloud moving to fast

to get ahead of it.

1059 UTC - (N44.25 W089.25) - Whitewater, Wisconsin

Comments: Some nice red color and some minor arching, but mainly a

diffused greenish glow.

1130 UTC - (N40.10 W083.00) - Powell OH 43085

Comments: The color appeared to be green only. What started as a

glow to the north became moving curtains and ribbons of green

light. My 3rd aurora in this area in 3 years.

1130 UTC - (N40.50 W084.75) - Waterville, OH

Comments: Went outside after waking up and seeing the Bz in the

-30's, and despite the increasing twilight, I could make out

discrete arcs from the zenith towards the northwest. Because of

the breaking daylight, I could not make out details, but it mus

have been a bright one to still be visible!

1150 UTC - (N42.75 W122.25) - Bend, Oregon

Comments: Never in the ten years that I have lived in Bend have I

seen a show like this. Fabulous. Vivid red and red curtains. Some

greenish rays as well. Lasted more than 30 minutes before fading

to a dull glow on the horizon. Nothing short of astonising

1200 UTC - (N39.00 W087.00) - Martinsville Indiana

Comments: It was red and green. Mostly difuse with ray like

streaks. A patch of green and red lasted for at least a half hour.

It changed intensity throughout that period. I was looking south

to overhead to a little north. Trees blocked the view west east

and north. From calls to me I know they were visable in those

directions also. I am an astronomy teacher and planetarium

direstor.

1230 UTC - (N41.39 W105.53) - Laramie, WY

Comments: Aurora in progress at 5:30AM MST. Multi-rays with deep

red glow. Faded as dawn progressed. Best display since 5 Nov 01.

1545 UTC - (N58.75 E017.02) - Nyköping, Sweden

Comments: Started slowly with diffuse light in the north. Later a

curtain slowly spead up over the sky and dissapeard in the south.

There were several bands of activity in the sky. Colors were green,

white and red. At maximum the display covered aprox. 0% of the sky!

Very nice zenthal display.

1605 UTC - (N58.25 E015.00) - Linköping, Sweden

1620 UTC - (N61.13 E014.43) - Våmhus, Sweden

Comments: Started with moving rays in the east, after a while

almost the whole sky was covered.

Beautiful corona at 17.10-17.30.

Reddish parts mostly to the south.

Later clouds with fog.

1630 UTC - (N52.50 E016.60) - SZCZEPANKOWO, POLAND

Comments: ...and I wrote that Auroras appear very rarely in Poland

but it were my third Northern Light in this year.It had the biggest

Aurora I had ever seen; sea-green and rose diffuse glows coverd all

sky.I was watching this phenomenon from 16.30 to 1.30 UTC.Next came

middle clouds like Altostratus but Auroras shone through!

bavolee@wp.pl

1640 UTC - (N50.50 E012.50) - Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany

Comments: visible 40 degrees above the southern horizon

1700 UTC - (N47.36 E009.45) - Gais/Switzerland

Comments: Saw corona, aurora reached about 20 degrees from zenith

in south direction. Very bright display. Lots of beamers. Best I've

ever seen. Pictures of corona and time elapse videos here:

http://www.meteoros.de/cgi-bin/aurora3/ ... oframes;re

ad=5824

1700 UTC - (N48.75 E011.25) - 25 km southwest of Munich

Comments: a much better display than the one from 30th of October.

Most impressive to see the aurora at the Zenith! Coronal beams in

green developping from one spot. After a break of 50 minutes, the

more poetic way of Aurora came up - almost dark skies only a faint

arc in the north) but deep red rays varying with white ones. Around

23.00 the show was gone - but what a breathtaking night in South

Germany...Norbert Noll

1700 UTC - (N59.17 E018.17) - Stockholm Sweden

1705 UTC - (N56.25 W002.25) - Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Comments: 360 degree green auroral glow extending to 30 degree

above the horizon. Corona with bright white, yellow, pink and

crimson rays extending down to the horizon in all directions.

Desplay first noted 17:05 UTC Ongoing at time of submission of

reprt 17:57 UTC.

1710 UTC - (N46.77 W071.33) - Quebec city

Comments: I have observed this aurora in the center of Quebec city!

(pop. 500,000). It was very surprising for me to see aurora so

early in the evening at 5:00 pm local time.

When I arrived at home near 6:30 pm no aurora was sighted. But I

will look in the next few hours to see if I can see activities.

1710 UTC - (N47.30 E008.22) - near Zuerich, Switzerland

Comments: the best show in Switzerland at the last years

1715 UTC - (N50.75 E007.13) - Bonn, Germany

1720 UTC - (N57.00 W002.50) - Banchory, Scotland

Comments: Aurora first spotted at 5:20 pm local time, which is the

earliest I have seen aurora. Activity was mainly concentrated in

the zenith and southwards. Several corona formations occurred

during the evening. Activity was continuing when I gave p at 11:30

pm. This display seemed to be slower moving and more diffuse than

the big display of 29th October. Still worth getting cold for

though!

Darren Moody, Banchory, Scotland

1730 UTC - (N49.75 E013.60) - Hvezdarna v Rokycanech

1730 UTC - (N54.00 W001.00) - Inverurie, Aberdeenhire, UK

1730 UTC - (N54.75 W002.25) - inverurie, aberdeenshire

Comments: corona directly overhead with varying aurora 360 degrees

around. Strong red in the west and east with beams going all the

way up overhead - still going on in at the moment

1730 UTC - (N59.25 E014.25) - Stockholm, SWEDEN

Comments: Aurora colours were green, white and red

1737 UTC - (N56.25 W003.75) - Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.

Comments: Very long vertical rays to the N.E stretching from 20-80

deg. above horizon, clearly visible above strong city light

pollution.

1745 UTC - (N55.50 W003.00) - Kinrossie, Perth

Comments: Hi my name is Laura and I stay in Scone, Perth, Scotland.

Mt husband and I watched the activity from a small village called

Kinrossie, which is 10 minutes drive from Scone.

First time I have ever seen any Aurora activity in this area.

Beautiful reds and greens with white rays / shafts of light

(waving) across the sky. The sky colour had a green tinge. The

Aurora activity was wonderful, watching the colours glowing. Very

happy to have watched the Aurora.

1750 UTC - (N38.25 W081.75) - Crossville, Tennessee

Comments: Observed by all neighbors in the immedaite area and by

friends contacted by phone within a 50 mile radius to the area.

Colors and shapes seemed to come in flowing waves. At 90 degrees

there were rays of red glowing brightly then fainter. At40 degrees

the blue, green, and white color patterns seemed to weave from the

northwest across the sky toward the northeast. The observers in my

group noticed the lights just after sundown and the last ones faded

about 8:00 Central Time in the evening.

1750 UTC - (N55.45 W004.41) - Glengarnock, Scotland

Comments: Full-sky aurora, bright arcs in south with coronal

arc/band.

1752 UTC - (N48.75 E009.00) - Albstadt Southgermany

Comments: This was my biggest Aurora. My Heart are shaking like

after running. A real lightning green Arc in 13° from WNW to EOE.

Over this very bright Beamers and Curtains in withred, somtimes a

bit orange in. The Big Bear was green. Big stripes untilover the

Polarstar, coming and going. Greatt Show, fantastic.

Now is qiut glowing without contours.

All Luck for all tonight !!

Peter Wloch Albstadt Southgermany

1800 UTC - (N55.50 W003.00) - Edinburgh, Scotland

Comments: Another beautiful aurora! Corona and bright beams visible

to SOUTH from central Edinburgh as soon as I left work. Drove

straight out to the Cleish Hills in Fife for dark skies. Aurora ran

directly overhead from East to West and covered most ofSouthern sky

- almost to Southern horizon. Giant umbrella effect. Movement more

subtle and slower than last time around (29 October), much more

deep red colour too. Beautiful bird/angel like corona came and went

for four hours. Freezing wind and fading display eventually forced

us back to the comfort and warmth of out Edinburgh flat! Peter

Urwin & Sarah Jones

1800 UTC - (N55.51 W004.60) - Ayr, Scotland

Comments: A distinct patern overhead. It stretched from east to

westhorizons. Unusually strong activity east which was mainly

sheeting. Red colouring to west. Activity coming and going in

bursts of about 20 minutes. Unusually early in night sky and lsted

at least 3 hours.

Very bright observations also reported by friends in North Scotland

( Aberdeen and Inverness )

1800 UTC - (N56.25 W003.00) - Aberdeen, Scotland

Comments: My first ever proper Aurora!

1810 UTC - (N00.00 E136.50) - Port Willunga, Sth Australia- 30 km sth of

Adelai

1810 UTC - (N43.58 E001.00) - Lectoure France

Comments: Unforgetable ! That's the kind of show that we are not

used to watch here in Gascony (SW France). Discrete but varied, and

sometimes bright enough to get good perception of the red glow and

numerous beams, often well defined. During more than wo hours of

observation, I had time enough to snap a lot of photos ! Wow !

1815 UTC - (N51.00 W017.00) - Swidnica, Poland

1820 UTC - (N53.00 W007.00) - Maynooth, Ireland

Comments: Corona visible even under high light pollution

1830 UTC - (N43.50 W078.00) - Pawlet, Vermont

Comments: A few very long rays came and went, very pale green.

Below them, there was a rosy glow along the horizon, and a fainter,

more fleeting glow in the middle, about 45 degrees up.

1830 UTC - (N47.51 E019.24) - Budapest, Hungary

Comments: I was amazed when I saw the skies glow. It was green and

red in color. In the north direction there was a continuos green

glow. On the East,above the rising head of the Orion there was a

stable red glow. Sometimes there were green and red suddn

brightenings of the sky at localized areas. One of the brightest

was in Auriga which was about 50-60 degrees high on the East.

Sometimes, started northwards, up to the Zenith I could see rays in

red and green, sometimes they were even in the south direction! It

was fantastic to see green sripes recatngle to the Milky way in

Cassiopeia, which was at the zenith! I've never seen anything like

that before!

1830 UTC - (N48.90 E008.40) - Ettlingen-Schoellbronn

Comments: Bright green stationary band at elevation 5-10 degrees

from NE to W; only the stars of the Big Dipper could be detected

within this band.

very variable (intensity and location) patches of green and red

northern lights from horizon to zenith. Occasionally red rays/beams

from horizon upward to about 50 degree.

Between 21:10 and 21:25 UT maximum activity with intense red region

above the whole green band showing rapidly changing rays within.

1830 UTC - (N49.47 W010.47) - Dietenhofen, Germany

Comments: First 60 minutes mostly obstructes sky by fog, at 19:45

nice corona in southeast direction.

1830 UTC - (N51.30 E007.22) - Wuppertal ,Germany

Comments: This observations report comming from my friend

Mark.Absolut beginner. Aurora over west Horizont."Very bright

pillar".

Over horizont white Light(light pollution?).

Higher Green and Red Aurora.

1830 UTC - (N51.75 E014.75) - Wueste Kunersdorf by Frankfurt- Oder Germany

1830 UTC - (N52.00 E014.50) - Briesen, Germany

1830 UTC - (N54.75 W003.00) - Edinburgh

Comments: Was flying shuttle service between London area and

Edinburgh. As soon as skies were dark enough, we had pretty

amazing sight out of our flightdeck. Green/white/red aurora,

complete arc stretchin east - west over north England and the

Scottis borders. Most activity observed in the west with deep red

colours and clear green rays.

When landed after duty, around 11.20pm, no activity visible from

the ground.

1830 UTC - (N54.75 W009.00) - Sligo, Ireland

1830 UTC - (N55.55 W004.16) - Bardowie, Scotland

Comments: Moderately bright arcs, rays and beams with periods of

brighter activity. The display was mostly white-ish green with rays

of red and and bright blue-green appearing. Not much movement

evident, just occasionally very subtle

waves.

1830 UTC - (N56.00 E003.00) - Edinburgh, Scotland

Comments: Aurora bright from the centre of Edinburgh for the second

time in three weeks. To the eye it was whitish with some reddish

beams - the reds came out really well on photos (will submit to the

photo gallery!). Aurora covered the whole sky to 7 aurora was SOUTH

of viewing point with main activity in the east in discrete arc

across the sky east to west. Northern boundary moved north as Kp

dropped to around 6 and aurora zenithal with corona formaton.

Colour blueish white, no real colour variations this time. My son

observing from Edinburgh University noticed aurora early evening

zenithal and visible above the Edinburgh city lights.

1937 UTC - (N57.15 W002.05) - Potterton, Aberdeenshire, UK

Comments: Brightest activity to SW and SW, lots of pale green light

sometimes changing to red or darker green. Arc seen to N at about

30degrees elevation, with large rays after a while. Large

elongated cross of white rays seen directly overhead about 800utc.

Show still going on

2000 UTC - (N35.25 W084.75) - Knoxville, TN

Comments: There was a white glow at about 45 degrees and a reddish

streak almost directly overhead. The white glow changed in

intensity while I was watching it. I've never seen anything like

this here before, so I'm not 100% sure it was aurora, but I on't

know what else it could have been. It definitely wasn't a light

from the ground.

2000 UTC - (N40.85 W003.64) - El Cuadrón (Madrid)

Comments: Some activity since 20.00 A very strong storm was at

21.00 for 15 minutes. This was my second aurora

2050 UTC - (N43.50 E007.21) - L'Escarène, near Nice, France

Comments: When we arrived onsite the sky had a pinkish-grey hue,

soon pink and red fingers appeared coming up from the North-East

horizon, greenish-yellow beams could be seen from time to time, the

Astro Biniou Club was there again to observe an aurora n the south

of France! Pictures can already be seen on

www.benvenuto.com/aurores-2003-03.html Michel Benvenuto.

2100 UTC - (N40.50 E023.25) - Drama, Greece

2100 UTC - (N47.55 E016.06) - Kleinfeld - Austria

Comments: This is the second time I saw an Aurora, and it was much

better then on Oct. 30th. There was some activity since at least

18:00 UTC. A large arc visible in the north, with faint red spots

reaching high in the sky, but all not very bright. But hortly after

21:00 UTC suddenly the activity increased and I got all the show,

with red and white beams, curtain, moving and changing colour from

red to orange, even a faint green. It was very bright. The beams

sometimes reaching 90 degrees into the sky. There is still activity

out there so I have to go back!

2100 UTC - (N55.50 W004.50) - Aviemore

Comments: Wonderful. I am originally from the area, only recently

returned and this is the first time I have seen them. Fantastic!

How can I predict when we are likely to see them again?

2100 UTC - (N55.74 E004.03) - West Central Scotland

Comments: The cloud and rain cleared in my location at around 21:00

UT and it was a clear night after that. There was a lot of green

and very intense red in the aurora sweeping from the eastern to

western horizon and passing directly overhead. I would sy this was

a better show than the 30th Octobers auroral activity I witnessed.

2105 UTC - (N46.50 E002.25) - Saint Robert, Correze, France

2120 UTC - (N48.63 E018.39) - Partizanske in Slovakia

Comments: I didn't see begining of this aurora. I observed from the

suburb of small town with 23000 residents. I have never seen aurora

before this one.

2130 UTC - (N55.45 W003.00) - Renfrewshire, Scotland

Comments: Myself and my Wife initially saw this bright Aurora from

the Braehead Shopping center (near Glasgow) at 8pm and thought wow

this is a bright aurora. We saw very bright white columns coming

from the zenith down to the horizon. After seeing ths from the

light pollution of the Shopping center we drove out to a dark

Nature reserve and we say a beautiful "Full on" Bright red zenithal

aurora shining through the clouds and obscuring the stars. This

was my Wife's first aurora and she was pretty amazed!

2155 UTC - (N56.25 W006.00) - Isle of Mull. Scotland

Comments: Mostly a diffuse greenish/white glow covering sky from

east through south to west, and up towards the zenith. No auroral

activity to the north. Patches of bright red on the eastern and

western edges from time to time

2200 UTC - (N48.75 E007.50) - Haunsberg

2208 UTC - (N36.83 E030.11) - TUBITAK National Observatory, Antalya, TURKEY

Comments: This is the first observation of an aurora in our

observatory. Actually, this is the first reported aurora activity

in this region of Turkey.

2216 UTC - (N60.00 E020.00) - Uppsala, Sweden

Comments: Diffuse red aurora complimented by some faint white rays

quite apparent in the sky. A faint white glow was also visible

through some cloud cover to the northwest.

2223 UTC - (N00.00 W000.00) - AYR SCOTLAND

Comments: Severe Storm in progress sums it up! First noticed

activity at 1815 UTC and it is still in progress(2245). Not a lot

of colour noticed so far, mostly vast 'sweeps' and beams of white

with the occaisional hints of red, lots of

'Searchlight'typeactivity which is radiating from a point just to

the south of the zenith. A most spectacular evening nevertheless.

2232 UTC - (N54.75 W003.00) - Edinburgh (Scotland)

Comments: First observed just before 19:00 at which time it was

brighter - pinks and greens. SE, S & SW with a bright green arc

about 30 degrees above the horizon to the S earlier. Presently

faint and directly over head - reds and greens.

2240 UTC - (N45.00 W076.50) - 30km sw of Ottawa Ontario

Comments: the sky is far from dark but activity has been visable

for a good while but fading rapidly . At it's peak appx. 15 min

back some pinks and greens visable with healthy pulsations going

well beyond the zenith plus a nice bright caronal structurejust

south of the zenith. at the end of the observing period just a few

ray's to 45 degrees and some diffuse glows.

2250 UTC - (N45.55 W077.60) - Wilno, Ontario, Canada

Comments: Display may have reached beyond 120 degrees; I may have

detected some auroral light to as low as Fomalhaut. Pink

obvious;also a nice red patch in Taurus (bulls don't like red!)No

obvious pulsations but many nice rays. It will be very worthwileto

observe throughout this evening.

2300 UTC - (N42.00 W081.00) - Erie, PA

Comments: Don't know about the rest of the group, but that aurora

last night from Western PA, was the weirdest I've ever seen.....for

us, it was all in the SOUTH, down near the

southern horizon....never seen anything like that before. Oh sure,

there was lots of

what I call "airglow" to the NW-N-NE, even due east some 30 degrees

altitude, but all the action, the red spotches and green

come-and-go regions, all were within 30 degrees of the *Southern*

horizon, and even SW. The red splotch was actually a band

stretching from Mars

to the eastern end of Capricornus. Most of the green regions were

below

Fomalhaut which is below Mars. Very strange.....I take it that the

major show

must have been before darkness fell over W. PA, and we were just

seeing the results

of that big show, but surely it must have been noted clear down

into the Caribbean

regions.

FWIW

Tom Whiting

2315 UTC - (N34.10 W085.76) - Cherokee Co. AL (Pollards Bend)

Comments: I thought I'd seen an Aurora back in October. But this

one was like what I've seen in photographs from up north. I started

observing just before nightfall. I could see glowing clouds before

it got completly dark. At it's peak there was greenis curtains

(that changed shape). In the Northeast, North, and Northwest. The

Northeast went from green at the botton to red at the top. It rose

from the horizon to about 75deg. The most intresting thing was the

reddish white rays that ran from near zenith to the middle cloud.

These rays were very straight and unchanging other than color and

brightness. WoW what a show!!!

2315 UTC - (N40.50 W076.50) - Glasgow, DE, USA

Comments: Observed an intensifying reddish glow towards the south

southwest strething to the west. A light grey-blue glow developed

in the east and drifted to the west for about 30 minutes before

dissapating. Other faint rays could be observed overhea.

2326 UTC - (N40.60 W080.29) - Aliquippa, PA

Comments: Arcs and glow visible south southeast through west

southwest. (Approximate azimuth 160 to 240 degrees).

2330 UTC - (N35.25 W080.25) - Charlotte, NC

Comments: Nearly overhead, large greenish glowing patches with tall

red rays.

2330 UTC - (N35.43 W080.25) - New London, NC

Comments: First began seeing green patches about 45 minutes past

sunset. Later this became nearly a continuous curtain from about

WNW to NE and at about 30 degrees elevation. During almost the

entire display, a reddish arc was visible at to the WNW exending

from about 20 degrees to 80 degrees elevation. Although the green

areas varied in intensity and moved, the reddish arc was almost

constant in position the entire time. This display was not as

strong as the 5/6 November 2001 display, but the brightest green

displays were much higher, nearly overhead at times. I believe we

were near the end of this display, but it's always exciting to see

Aurora from here at 35 degrees North.

2330 UTC - (N37.64 W082.70) - Prestonsburg, Kentucky (USA)

Comments: At about 23:30 (6:30ET), we kept looking North but didn't

see anything. Then all at once, directly overhead, there was a

large (Very Large) patch of white pale green, which expanded

rapidly. The patches began to appear all over the sky. To est

were 3 bright cloud-like formations that remained for at least 3

hours. There were colors of green with red tops, some with faint

yellow at the bottom. There was a distinct Corona overhead with

red rays extending outward. All parts of the sky had glowing and

changing patches. Nothing was observed to the North except a

diffuse green glow. There were patches East, West, and even South!

They were constantly changing shape. They all began to fade

around 02:00UT. A much more active and larger display than Oct 29th

and 30th.

2330 UTC - (N40.50 W081.00) - Ambridge, PA

Comments: The rays and arcs were faintly green, to the S SW of us.

There was also a faint redish tinge to the sky. The arcs and

glowing spots would fade in and out.

2330 UTC - (S77.79 W039.14) - Loudoun County VA USA

Comments: Our second Aurora this month. Thanks all for helping us

to know when and where to look!

2335 UTC - (N39.83 W077.22) - gettysburg, pennsylvania

2345 UTC - (N37.50 W090.00) - Carbondale, illinois

2345 UTC - (N41.01 W081.37) - Norton Ohio

Comments: Really odd seeing aurora in a due south direction from

this latitude...greenish white like clouds appearedthen would fade

then brighten again while remaining fairly motionless about 15

degrees above the southern

horizon... visually red shading could be seen up to the zenith with

a few redish beams at times.

Got pics so i wasnt seeing things

Viewed aurora from Silver Creek State Park Norton Ohio from 6:45 to

8:45 EST

2350 UTC - (N37.50 W087.75) - Cadiz, KY

Comments: actual time was 6pm cst local

2350 UTC - (N39.00 W090.70) - Winfield, Missouri, USA

Comments: Diffuse red and green glow at the zenith. White glow

surrounded this. It gradually faded away as we took photographs.

2350 UTC - (N41.25 W935000.00) - 10 miles north-northwest of Des Moines, Iowa

Comments: Unusual display. Light green glow in the North only

20deg high, but areas of red and green visible in the SSW climbing

some 75deg. Another red glow in the east. These features showed

no structure but varied in brightness occasionally, but nver moved

in their locations. Digital pics revealed that the glows were

actually part of a arc across the entire sky from hozizon to

horizon from the SSW to the NNE. After returning home during the

diaplay, I was able to capture pics while in the suburbs, and the

green glow became bright briefly at 03:10 on the 21st.

2352 UTC - (N38.15 W083.14) - Otway Ohio

Comments: In southern sky, From east horizon to west. Red, white,

pale green. Mostly looked like fog at night with back lighting.

2545 UTC - (N36.00 W087.00) - Manchester, TN

** End of Aurora Report **

Stand: 21.11.2003