Admin MaineJay Posted May 10 Author Admin Share Posted May 10 1 hour ago, MaineJay said: Bz at -39! Sun can't get down fast enough. Still 75% clouds, but I think they'll dissipate somewhat. Lol, jinxed it, hopefully it crashes again, skies cleared a bunch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail_On_Me Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) 2 hours ago, TheRex said: What is "3 phase power"? Electric power is transported in 3 phases each running 120V . When you look up at power lines you always see 3 main cables. Each one is a leg of 120V. Most homes only require 240(almost everything runs off 120 except the large appliances). Large motors take even more power, so all 3 120V are feed into it. When you have sustained voltage irregularities is causes the motor to not run properly and damage it, if left unchecked. That's why all my motors have phase monitors hooked up to them. I'm alerted if the voltage gets screwy and I'll shut it down until I can diagnose the issue. Edited May 10 by Hail_On_Me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail_On_Me Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) 2 hours ago, MaineJay said: I saw that there was X5.9 flare, for perspective, the October 2003 storm was 20 or more. So because the scale is logarithmic, the 2003 flares were roughly 1,00,000,000,000,000 times stronger. The Carrington event probably adds another 30 zeros. Agree. Careful. Not all flares produce a CME and it is the CME that creates the Geomagnetic storms, not the flares themselves. You can't measure the storm by the strength of the flare. I'm not saying that's the case as the 2003 storm was a G5 storm and destroyed almost half of our satellites at the time, but you get what I'm saying. Edited May 10 by Hail_On_Me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Mainiac Posted May 10 Admin Share Posted May 10 We need darkness, stat! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted May 10 Author Admin Share Posted May 10 😯 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 2 minutes ago, MaineJay said: 😯 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted May 11 Author Admin Share Posted May 11 Sent up the drone, skies are clear, but there was signs of fog to the east... Looking NNW. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Mainiac Posted May 11 Admin Share Posted May 11 KP index 9. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted May 11 Author Admin Share Posted May 11 Crescent moon looks awesome too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undertakerson2.0 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 3 hours ago, Rush said: I just meant the main stream media. Not anything posted in here. Like this: I was reading the attachment I was thinking "whaaaaaaa?: Then I got to the bottom line and thought "oh". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRex Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 The northern light forecast has me in the red but we have clouds. It looks like it is clearer to our north so I may take a little drive later. It would be really cool to see the northern lights and a total solar eclipse within 5 weeks of each other. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Mainiac Posted May 11 Admin Share Posted May 11 Visible with the naked eye right now and even shows up on the iPhone camera. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted May 11 Author Admin Share Posted May 11 With the drone, needs to get a little darker still. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Mainiac Posted May 11 Admin Share Posted May 11 starting to get dark enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted May 11 Author Admin Share Posted May 11 I can see it directly overhead! I can see the dancing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted May 11 Author Admin Share Posted May 11 With the phone looking SE. Edit, more East, but right overhead. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted May 11 Author Admin Share Posted May 11 Another phone one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail_On_Me Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 11 minutes ago, MaineJay said: I can see it directly overhead! I can see the dancing! The dancing of the lights its what makes it truly magically. Enjoy man!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRex Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 5 minutes ago, MaineJay said: Another phone one. Awesome!!! Are your kids enjoying it? This has been quite an exciting spring for them with a total eclipse, getting to tour the hurricane plane and now seeing the northern lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Mainiac Posted May 11 Admin Share Posted May 11 Full on space insanity. I've never seen anything like this and it's quite amazing. running a time lapse on my camera while taking a few shots with my phone. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted May 11 Author Admin Share Posted May 11 25 minutes ago, TheRex said: Awesome!!! Are your kids enjoying it? This has been quite an exciting spring for them with a total eclipse, getting to tour the hurricane plane and now seeing the northern lights. They love it. They are "celestially" spoiled already. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin BuckeyeGal Posted May 11 Admin Share Posted May 11 From my brother’s house in Cleveland! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRex Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 My mom just sent me a picture of the northern lights from Alabama. Crazy night!!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassaywx1223 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Visible with the naked eye in northeast Ohio. Here in Youngstown in a residential neighborhood mind you. I see why people travel to Greenland and Alaska and stuff to see them! Simply beautiful. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Mainiac Posted May 11 Admin Share Posted May 11 I think this is one we will all remember. Edit: the biggest difference from all the other events that I've seen is that the brightest lights are actually coming from the west and even the south for me. So it's a 360° experience. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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