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Culgoora Observatory 
H-Alpha Image

Culgoora Solar Observatory H-Alpha imagery are used for flare patrol of the solar chromosphere.
See the Solar Help page for more information.
Culgoora H-Alpha Image
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Culgoora H-Alpha ImageCulgoora and day/night Location

Check weather conditions at Culgoora by viewing the CSIRO ATNF Weather Station page. You can also check the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology's district forecast. Cloud conditions can be checked by viewing the latest infrared satellite image of the Australian Region on the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology website. Culgoora Solar Observatory (near the township of Narrabri) is located at 30.28South, 149.58 East. Also, see the BoM Moree weather radar.

Last Auto detected flare in image:

Last updated 15 Mar 2010 02:33 UT

PLAIN
CULGOORA HALPHA FLARE AUTO DETECTED
FLARE START: 14/03/2010 00:08UT
      MAX  : 14/03/2010 00:08UT
 IMPORTANCE: 0     AREA: 20 (uncorrected millionths of solar disk)
 BRIGHTNESS: Faint
        LAT:  14
       LONG:  -16
     REGION: 1054


The above image has been processed for automatic flare patrol. To avoid saturation of the image, the camera that acquires these images will adjust the exposure time of the CCD during solar flares, this will result in the image appearing darker during flare activity.The automatic flare detection technique is described in this document on solar flare patrol. You can view the latest unprocessed H-Alpha image from Culgoora Observatory here.
X-Ray Flux ValueCurrent Solar X-Ray Flux from GOES satellite (US Space Weather Prediction Center)
Observatory Status (weekdays only, when staffed):

Last updated 14 Mar 2010 22:55 UT

Culgoora Observatory Morning Operational Status
Issued on 14/03/10 at 22UT (15/03/10 09LT)

Optical Status
         Seeing: Fair
         Halpha: Operative
    White light: Operative

Radio Status
   Spectrograph: Operative

Comment: Expect scattered cloud


Image of last auto-detected solar flare:
Solar Flare H-Alpha Image
H-Alpha Patrol Movies (mpeg 700kb)

Last optically correlated xray flare greater than M1:

Last updated 08 Feb 2010 21:35 UT

IPS XRAY AND OPTICAL FLARE CORRELATION -PART D
ISSUED AT 2135 UT on 08 Feb 2010 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
Optical flares with maximum within 15 minutes of X-ray maximum are correlated.

 Approximate xray flare maximum 8 2 2010 2124 UT at Flux M1.0

 Xray flare possibly optically correlated with the following H-alpha flare
 auto-detected at IPS Culgoora Solar Observatory:

 Start date/time     Max date/time       End date/time
 08 02 2010 21:21UT  08 02 2010 21:21UT  08 02 2010 21:31UT

 Lat Long Imp. Bright.  Area    SEC Region Num
 022 013    0  Faint   00069    1045






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