[Prelimaurora] PRELIMINARY Daily Auroral Activity Report for 26 November

[Preliminary sightings of auroral activity]

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                        DAILY SUMMARY OF AURORAL ACTIVITY

                                26 NOVEMBER 2006

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SYNOPTICAL INFORMATION
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     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
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               (Sightings are preliminary and may be unverified)

0030 UTC - (N36.15 W080.25) - east bend, north carolina, usa 
           Comments: I was observing with a telescope when I needed to change
           batteries on my computer.  Looking up, I was surprised to see two
           distinct rays in the NW.  At first I suspected they were clouds,
           but they moved together across the sky, NW to NE. At on point, they
           intersected the Milky Way between Cygnus and Cassiopeia.  The rays
           were approximately the same brightness as the Milky Way in this
           region.  These rays last 20-30 minutes followed by 10 minutes
           without aurora.  A very bright ray (well, for North Carolina) then
           appeared, again in the NW.  At one point, this ray extended well
           past the zenith.  Where it crossed the Milky Way, it was much
           brighter than the Milky Way.  This ray lasted approximately 45
           minutes.  Two more, much fainter rays followed the bright one.  The
           brightest three were clearly wavy and dynamic and some structure
           could be seen, especially in the brightest.    
  
           Clearly, it is unusual to see aurora in this area.  This is only
           the fourth time I've seen aurora from this latitude in 20+ years of
           observing. 
 

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