(05-10-2024, 01:08 PM)Blaine91555 Wrote: Bummer. Even though I live in Anchorage Alaska, we seldom have a clear sky when the aurora's are good. Again it's going to be too cloudy tonight.
Living where I do, we see them occasionally. Tonight's forecast after midnight is predicted to have a KP Index of 8 on a scale of 1 to 9.
This is the culprit...
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Yikes wasn't that around the time when it hit, it fried the telegraph wires etc.
Carrington Event
Geomagnetic solar stormThe Carrington Event was the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking from 1–2 September 1859 during solar cycle 10. It created strong auroral displays that were reported globally and caused sparking and even fires in multiple telegraph stations. Wikipedia
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