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AURORAL FRIENDS

This part of the Student Observation Network allows you to make observations to answer the question, "Have auroras been seen within the last 24 hours due to a solar storm?"

From Students:

Auroras are magnificent and beautiful, but students in southern latitudes or cities with heavy light pollution may never see an aurora. Students in the Student Observation Network depend upon observers in Northern Latitudes and with dark skies - Auroral Friends - to report sightings of these beautiful light shows.

From Observatories:

Ground-based professional observatories in North America and Europe provide near real time measurements of auroral events. These data are used to record the position and intensity of the auroral ovals and to predict where ground observers are likely to see auroras.

From Satellites:

NASA satellites monitor space weather conditions around Earth. These satellites supply scientific data to study Earth's magnetosphere. This data is used to record the position and intensity of the auroral ovals and to predict where ground observers are likely to see auroras.

 

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