Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 20:31:36 -0400 Subject: Informations about Auroras, Space Weather and the Sun To: astro-l@uwwvax.uww.edu Because of solar activity is currently hight and geophysical activity forecast call for active to severe storm levels, here I present links that have excellent informations that will help you to better understand Auroras, Space Weahter and the Sun : Hourly STD DMSP/POLAR Auroral Activity Report : http://solar.spacew.com/www/aurora.html Auroral Activity Observation Network : http://www.spacew.com/www/auroras.html Current Space Weather Status : http://space.rice.edu/ISTP/dials.html Space Weather Current Conditions : http://space.rice.edu/ISTP/rt.html Space Weather Today : http://www.windows.umich.edu/spaceweather/ Real Time Dst Estimate (Current Geo-Magnetic Storm Level Based on ACE Real Time Solar Wind Data) : http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/dst_index/ Real time view of the Auroral Oval : http://www.dan.sp-agency.ca/www/globe/rtoval.htm Space Environment Center Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity : http://www.sec.noaa.gov/forecast.html Today's Space Weather (Presented by the Space Environment Center) : http://www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html Space Environment Center : Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity and forecast : http://www.sec.noaa.gov/forecast.html NOAA's Space Weather : http://www.spaceweather.noaa.gov/ Space Weather.com http://www.spaceweather.com/ Shooting the Aurora Borealis : http://www.ptialaska.net/~hutch/aurora.html Home of the Northern Lights : http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/Curtis/aurora/aurora.html The Aurora Page : http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/ Middle-Laitude Aurora Page : http://casa.colorado.edu/~rachford/aurora.html Solar Terrestrial Activity Report : http://www.solen.info/solar/ Map of the sun : http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/ARMaps/Today/latest.gif Current Raw LASCO C3 Image : http://solar.spacew.com/c3/ Solar Max 2000.com : http://www.exploratorium.edu/solarmax/index.html Auroras 2000.com : http://www.exploratorium.edu/auroras/index.html Hope that those informations can help and good luck for each of you in observing Aurora!