Xref: utzoo sci.space:14924 sci.space.shuttle:3882 sci.astro:5531 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ginosko!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!cit-vax!tybalt.caltech.edu!palmer From: palmer@tybalt.caltech.edu (David Palmer) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle,sci.astro Subject: More Aurora news Summary: Wow! Message-ID: <12310@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: 20 Oct 89 17:53:40 GMT References: <1940@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> Sender: news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu Reply-To: palmer@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (David Palmer) Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 12 More news on the Humungous proton storm, this just in (10/20/89, 1050 PDT) The astronauts have reported seeing aurora, and they are at an altitude of only a few hundred miles and in a low (~23 degree?) inclination orbit. Watch tonight. David Palmer palmer@tybalt.caltech.edu ...rutgers!cit-vax!tybalt.caltech.edu!palmer Meanwhile, on eng.string.floss, the waxed vs. unwaxed flamewar continues unabated.