Quote from: kevin-rf on 03/13/2015 04:01 amNothing yet in Boston, a bit haxy, but should be in earth shadow. Has blow down occured?Helodriver, excellent eyes!I truly expected nothing, but the NASA-TV coverage showed that the ground track was going to come right overhead so I went outside. I was looking more southerly when the flash and outgassing happened nearly directly above. I wish I'd brought a camera out, it was a very visible event and would have photographed well. Watching the cloud diffuse and surround Jupiter was a cool bonus.
Nothing yet in Boston, a bit haxy, but should be in earth shadow. Has blow down occured?Helodriver, excellent eyes!
Quote from: Helodriver on 03/13/2015 04:39 amQuote from: kevin-rf on 03/13/2015 04:01 amNothing yet in Boston, a bit haxy, but should be in earth shadow. Has blow down occured?Helodriver, excellent eyes!I truly expected nothing, but the NASA-TV coverage showed that the ground track was going to come right overhead so I went outside. I was looking more southerly when the flash and outgassing happened nearly directly above. I wish I'd brought a camera out, it was a very visible event and would have photographed well. Watching the cloud diffuse and surround Jupiter was a cool bonus.From the Spaceweather site, someone did get a shot of what I saw when the Centaur passed overhead California. This venting happened about right around the time of first MMS spacecraft deployment.The bright "star" to the left is Jupiter and the cloud passed directly in front of it before dissipating.
My congratulations!MMS Spacecraft Separates from Centaur
Other Launch Views:Closeup Atlas V / MMS Launch Mobius Actioncam Northeast of the Launch PadBY: Matthew Travis / Zero-G NewsPublished on Mar 13, 2015Closeup Atlas V / MMS Launch Mobius Actioncam Northeast of the Launch Pad
From MMS on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MagMultiScale?fref=nfAll 8 Magnetometer Booms were successfully deployed today!
Quote from: Targeteer on 03/17/2015 09:17 pmFrom MMS on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MagMultiScale?fref=nfAll 8 Magnetometer Booms were successfully deployed today!Too bad its not fully operational as we have a G4 storm
It means you have a very, very good chance of seeing the northern lights. This is the strongest storm of the current solar cycle.