00:12:55 Pat T-I: Hi everyone! This is Pat T-I (she/her) from Bellevue College, Willard Gear Planetarium. Thank you for offering this program! 00:12:56 Kary Henry: Kary Henry, School Outreach Coordinator, Deerfield (IL) Public Library 00:12:57 Colleen Lashway: Colleen Lashway, Hawaii State Public Library System, Hawaii Kai Library 00:13:01 Ginger Fitzhugh: Evaluator/researcher from Education Development Center 00:13:06 Jacob Greynolds: Hi. I'm Jake Greynolds and I'm from Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library in West Virginia. 00:13:08 Molly Hudson: Hi, I'm Molly Hudson from Lewis & Clark Library in Helena, MT 00:13:11 Kara Reiman: Hi folks! I'm from the Maine State Library. We got so lucky to see the aurora recently! 00:13:13 Deb Eisentrager: Deb from Dumont Community Library in Iowa 00:13:16 Wendy Stout: Wendy Stout Yelm Timberland Library Yelm, WA 00:13:16 Linda West: Linda West from Tinicum Memorial Public Library, Delaware County, PA 00:13:19 Angela Vaughn: Hello! Angela from Salem Public Library in Ohio! 00:13:19 Nanor Pogosian: Hi From Nyack, NY 00:13:22 JOYANNE HAMILTON: Shageluk, Alaska! Hello! Innoko River School! 00:13:25 Jodi Smiley: Jodi Smiley-Librarian Boulder Montana 00:13:39 Nan Porter: Nan Porter, retired Library Clerk, married to a NASA Solar System Ambassador 00:13:40 Karla Harris: Karla from Gate City, Virginia Lonesome Pine Regional Library 00:13:44 Daniel Caufield: Hello from Cheektowaga NY 00:13:45 Ashley Borman: Ashley from Clintonville Public Library (Clintonville, Wisconsin). Hi everyone! So excited to learn some new stuff today! 00:13:48 Lisa Clymer - Willimantic Public Library: Lisa Clymer from the Willimantic Public Library in Connecticut. 00:13:55 JOYANNE HAMILTON: Joyanne Hamilton, Shageluk, Alaska 00:14:10 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Wonderful to meet you all! 00:14:12 Laurie Averill: CT — Night Sky Network & Solar System Ambassador 00:14:18 Melissa Green: Melissa - member of Friends of Alpine County Library in Markleeville, CA 00:15:04 Bonnie Davis: Hello, this is Bonnie Davis at Morrison Public Library in Morrison, Tennessee 00:15:16 Christine Shupla: Aurorasaurus project: https://aurorasaurus.org/ 00:16:54 Elizabeth MacDonald: 4! 00:17:00 JOYANNE HAMILTON: Definitely a sunspot. 47* here at the moment in Shageluk, Alaska 00:17:01 Nan Porter: 1 00:17:06 Amy Bedard: Solar prominence! 00:17:08 sue billing: 2 00:17:08 Linda West: Sunspot 00:17:11 Kelsey Stalter: Coronal Mass Ejection 00:17:11 Melissa Green: Coronal Mass Ejection 00:17:11 Kara Reiman: 2 00:17:13 Karla Harris: Coronal Mass Ejection 00:17:13 Kary Henry: 1 00:17:15 Richard Dellinger: Sunspot 00:17:16 Molly Hudson: Solar Prominence 00:17:17 Deb Eisentrager: Sunspot 00:17:18 Jodi Smiley: Sun's Corona 00:17:22 Laurie Averill: 4 00:17:24 Cynthia Mason: 3 00:17:25 Nanor Pogosian: 4 00:17:26 Jennifer Johnson: 2 00:17:28 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Sipping tea and chilling like a sunspot! 00:17:28 Bonnie Davis: solar prominence 00:17:30 Ashley Borman: Sunspot 00:17:43 Laurie Yocom: Coronal Mass Ejection 00:17:48 Wendy Stout: sunspot 00:17:48 Adrianne Coffey: solar prominence 00:19:50 Michael Zecca: I am also a physicist by training, originally! 00:21:02 Michael Zecca: how do i reopen the poll? 00:21:14 Michael Zecca: accidentally closed it 00:21:35 Brooks Mitchell (he/him): Michael - do you see the "Polls" option on the bottom or upper toolbar? 00:21:55 JOYANNE HAMILTON: I’m always curious about the aurora australis end of this big storm. Was there the same impact there? 00:22:39 Brooks Mitchell (he/him): Wow - 40% saw it clearly, 17% saw it barely! 00:22:46 Michael Zecca: Pretty sure I sent you pics that night ☺️ 00:22:59 Christine Shupla: Aurorasaurus Blogs of Interest: • Cozy Aurora Reads: Includes a review of a variety of books about auroras. • Why do auroras at lower latitudes look red? Describes the different types and causes of red auroras. • HelioCrafts: Aurora Altitudes Hat: Describes how to make an artistic aurora winter knit hat that uses colors to denote the altitudes of the different parts of an aurora. 00:23:20 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: https://blog.aurorasaurus.org/ 00:23:24 Amy Briones: Hi everyone! Please find all the links mentioned in today’s webinar here: https://www.starnetlibraries.org/2020/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Aurora-webinar-link-bank.pdf 00:23:31 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: https://infiniscope.org/page/aurorasaurus education resources 00:24:16 Brooks Mitchell (he/him): Joyanne - do you mind asking this question in the Q&A section so I can make sure it gets answered? 00:24:25 Brooks Mitchell (he/him): "I’m always curious about the aurora australis end of this big storm. Was there the same impact there?" 00:29:11 Brooks Mitchell (he/him): Fairbanks is amazing even outside of the aurora! 10/10 would recommend 00:29:12 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: That's a great question! 00:30:17 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: For those of us further equatorward, we can still keep an eye on those groups, as they'll let us know when there's a BIIIIG storm that might bring aurora to us! 00:30:42 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: We know a lot of libraries have fiber arts groups and thought y'all would enjoy! 00:30:59 Brooks Mitchell (he/him): ^this is SUCH a librarian/library staff activity :) 00:31:07 JOYANNE HAMILTON: That’s such a fun graphic! 00:31:10 JOYANNE HAMILTON: The hat! 00:31:17 Laurie Yocom: I DO love the hat! 00:31:22 Brooks Mitchell (he/him): ^that is SUCH a librarian/library staff activity :) 00:31:24 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: If y'all make one we would love to see! 00:31:47 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Takes me about 15 mins using a sentro 00:31:48 Adrianne Coffey: the hat is great 00:31:49 Laurie Yocom: Sigh. If only I knew how to knit. I could maybe draw it. :) 00:32:14 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Aurora art of all kinds is wonderful! 00:33:42 Brooks Mitchell (he/him): 100%!! I also wonder if you see any influences from the aurora in art from cultures in the northern latitudes 00:34:41 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Talk link! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyCMFGnIljU 00:35:24 Pat T-I: Thank you!!! 00:35:35 JOYANNE HAMILTON: I’m always curious about the aurora australis end of this big storm. Was there the same impact there? 00:35:38 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Thank y'all! We love questions, feel free to ask 00:35:41 Karla Harris: Thank You! 00:36:06 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: I caught it on my smartphone in WASHINGTON DC I was floored!!! 00:36:11 Nan Porter: Is there a link for the flyer? 00:36:12 JOYANNE HAMILTON: I’m always amazed at iPhone clarity for aurora! 00:36:20 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: yes one moment I will get you a link shortly 00:36:37 Michael Zecca: iphone picked up the aurora well just through my back door in May. With plenty of city light even 00:36:51 Brooks Mitchell (he/him): Amy, would you mind posting the link bank URL here? 00:37:08 Amy Briones: Of course! Hi everyone! Please find all the links mentioned in today’s webinar here: https://www.starnetlibraries.org/2020/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Aurora-webinar-link-bank.pdf 00:37:25 Laurie Yocom: Summer reading theme for 2026 via CSLP is dinosaurs, and I think aurorasaurus would be an awesome way to do something "different" for a program. Thank you for sharing! 00:37:41 Adrianne Coffey: would love to use your slides for my kids 00:37:54 Deb Eisentrager: Can anyone else hear someone giving a lecture? 00:38:04 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Flyer drafts-- one question I have is what kind of printers y'all have access to in terms of color ink, print margins, etc? https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1p12Er3NWP5Mt2O6QQoiHvFEhRoRMNzBI?usp=sharing 00:38:17 Adrianne Coffey: yes for programs/events 00:38:26 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Deb, if you clicked on the YouTube link it might be autoplaying on your computer? 00:39:10 Michael Zecca: We have two color laser printers on site 00:39:17 Laurie Yocom: We have both color and black/white printers on site 00:39:23 Laurie Yocom: laser 00:39:32 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Excellent, thank you! So including a beautiful aurora shot isn't going to be an imposition? 00:39:45 Laurie Yocom: No. :) 00:39:46 JOYANNE HAMILTON: Does your website have a collection of stories associated with the aurora? Indigenous stories? 00:39:57 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Thanks everyone!!! 00:39:58 Deb Eisentrager: Thank you it was the YouTube link 00:40:01 JOYANNE HAMILTON: I always love the one about whistling to make them move. 00:40:27 Bonnie Davis: There was mention of an email sign up to get alerts about auroras in progress or upcoming. Where can I sign up? 00:40:32 JOYANNE HAMILTON: I was in Fairbanks once when there were tours going out to Chena Hotsprings with tourists going to “get fertile” under the northern lights. 00:40:34 Michael Zecca: We also have some teen employees who work with two of our librarian staff to lead STEAM programming for kids. They have a budget for art and other hands-on supplies. I’m passing some of your activities on to them 00:40:46 Adrianne Coffey: color laser 00:40:53 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Joyanne, each community's elders decide what to share, and we don't gather that info-- but the University of Alaska Fairbanks Museum of the North has some wonderful resources https://www.uaf.edu/museum/education/educators/heliophysics-aurora-outre/cultural-connections/ 00:41:18 JOYANNE HAMILTON: Thank you, fantastic link! I didn’t know about it. It’s great. 00:42:12 Kary Henry: Barry Butler is a well-known photographer here in Chicago, and his images of the recent aurora (taken in northern Indiana) were incredible. https://www.instagram.com/p/C61XHXyrpNl/?img_index=1 00:42:14 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: https://blog.aurorasaurus.org/?p=2088 Spirits Dancing, here 00:42:58 Brooks Mitchell (he/him): chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://astrosociety.org/file_download/inline/29191b12-6e8c-4731-9b92-9d5e5ce021ad 00:43:00 JOYANNE HAMILTON: I THANK YOU so much for reminding us all about the honor and respect for indigenous stories. YES! 00:43:08 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: https://indigenouseducation.org/ 00:43:55 JOYANNE HAMILTON: Excellent! Thanks you so very, very much. 00:44:16 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Sure thing! 00:44:54 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: https://blog.aurorasaurus.org/?p=1932 Seeing the aurora with the eyes vs cameras 00:45:15 Mahendra Thapa: Thank you for the excellent resources for community and assignments for lower level college astronomy. 00:45:36 Michael Zecca: There has been some suggestion this one was on par with the Carrington Event, which takes us back more than a century 00:45:40 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Our pleasure, Mahendra, and if there is anything we have not yet covered in the blog that your students have questions about, please let us know! 00:46:08 Brooks Mitchell (he/him): The questioner said "5 cycles" 00:46:32 JOYANNE HAMILTON: We had blood red in 2004 in our area (Shageluk, Alaska) it covered the sky. Amazing. 00:46:33 Christine Shupla: The University of Alaska Geophysical Institute has copies of the Kiuguyat: The Northern Lights (elementary school) - Northerns Seward Peninsula Inupiaq Student Guides. https://culturalconnections.gi.alaska.edu/sites/default/files/2017-09/pdfs/NorthSewardPeninsulaElemStudentGuide_FINAL.pdf Please let Brooks know if you would like some shipped to you. 00:47:15 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: @Michael there are a lot of parameters related to the Carrington Event, space weather scientist Tamitha Skov has an online course cataloguing some of this that I have been watching: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4K4aMZbRBl9uuy46PgXMNzOqWN-q1d2s 00:47:19 JOYANNE HAMILTON: I would like some guides, please. 00:48:48 Laurie Yocom: I would love a copy, Christine. 00:49:04 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Some very exciting aurora storms can happen on the way back down from maximum to minimum. 00:49:21 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Set those cameras to night mode! ;) 00:49:35 Adrianne Coffey: I wish I could share some of my many pictures of the aurora's from 23 and spring of 24. so impressive 00:49:37 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: you can make an account here: https://www.aurorasaurus.org/ 00:50:00 JOYANNE HAMILTON: I noticed we had a recent alert just today mentioning the havoc the storm had on satellites. What have folks seen happen? 00:50:08 Adrianne Coffey: love to 00:50:15 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Adrianne, if you sign up for our newsletter, we'll be opening registration for our semiannual Report-A-Thon soon! You can come and share and chat with other chasers if you like! It's in September. 00:50:45 Adrianne Coffey: awesome I will 00:50:52 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Fabulous! See you there! 00:51:12 Elizabeth MacDonald: https://www.uaf.edu/museum/education/kids-families/hands-on-programs/virtualearlyexplorers/pdfs/Aurora-Chalk-Art-Activity-Early-Explorers.pdf 00:52:40 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Remember, the highest reaches of the aurora tend to be red 00:53:07 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: It's really cool because the colors of the aurora are not only beautiful, but they tell us the altitude and chemistry of the lights being made! 00:53:22 Michael Zecca: I’m ambidextrous and would just confuse you 😀 00:53:41 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: ha! love it 00:54:06 Christine Shupla: beautiful 00:54:32 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: "SAR arc" = Stable Auroral Red, you can read more about it here https://blog.aurorasaurus.org/?p=2030 00:55:22 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Helio Big Year: https://science.nasa.gov/sun/helio-big-year/ 00:56:19 Michael Zecca: I think our Teen Tech Squad could do this at one of their afterschool workshops 00:56:35 Michael Zecca: Teen-led activity for children 00:56:44 Karla Harris: My afterschool children would love this at my library. 00:56:56 Michael Zecca: Ours isn’t up and running yet 00:57:03 Jacob Greynolds: I have one in ours 00:57:03 Kary Henry: Yes -- 3D printer -- and I could do the aurora art with my Creative Clubhouse members, who are grades K-2. 00:57:03 Molly Hudson: I did something similar for an art program - we used textured wall paper to create trees and did salt watercolor painting to make the mountains and then used white paint to make stars over the pastel auroras 00:57:05 Nisa Kesseler: We have a 3D printer! 00:57:10 Angela Vaughn: We have a partnership with local parks dept. would be great at one of those events in their pavilion. A craft and some education! 00:57:13 Adrianne Coffey: easy to do project and inexpensive 00:57:13 Laurie Yocom: Next year, the summer reading theme is Color Our World. I also have an adult crafternoon that I would actually like to teach them something on top of the art... 00:57:29 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: https://blog.aurorasaurus.org/?p=1389 makes a nice educational tactile 00:58:12 Wendy Stout: We have STEAM events for children every other month. This would be a great introduction to the science of the auroras for our little patrons. 00:58:16 JOYANNE HAMILTON: Why are you in your closet?? LOL. Fun Photo Booth! 00:58:45 Brooks Mitchell (he/him): They are repaving my road today and it's SUPER noisy! 00:58:50 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: https://blog.aurorasaurus.org/?p=1672 00:59:06 JOYANNE HAMILTON: @Brooks Oh! That is a nice sound proof spot! LOL 01:00:49 Michael Zecca: I took iphone photos of the Aurora May 10 then did some solar telescope shots of the sunspot cluster the next morning 01:00:51 Amy Briones: Hi everyone! Please find all the links mentioned in today’s webinar here: https://www.starnetlibraries.org/2020/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Aurora-webinar-link-bank.pdf 01:01:04 JOYANNE HAMILTON: We saw the Starlink “stream” of satellites passing through some aurora when they started releasing them in the upper latitudes for Alaska. I didn’t have my iPhone, but that was a trippy sight! 01:02:01 Daniel Caufield: Thank you 01:02:20 JOYANNE HAMILTON: The University of Alaska, Fairbanks also hosts a fun class on creating Magnetometers. I was in that class two summers ago. 01:02:33 Christine Shupla: One last question, maybe? Dr. MacDonald, what is your favorite part of your work? 01:02:34 Shauna Andrews: I LOVE this 01:02:39 JOYANNE HAMILTON: Curious if you have used their data? 01:04:07 Adrianne Coffey: love the SEAL boxes. The kids enjoyed them. 01:04:37 Shauna Andrews: SEAL Boxes??? 01:05:45 Christine Shupla: Check with your State Library to see if they have a SEAL box--it has resources for solar activities that can be done any time or can be used to look safely at the Sun 01:07:34 Adrianne Coffey: Brooks I have the boxes in Nenana 01:07:46 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Now is a GREAT time to use a sunspotter-- there are so many sunspots in solar maximum! 01:08:30 Adrianne Coffey: cool 01:08:38 Shauna Andrews: WOW, That's cool Laura 01:08:44 Molly Hudson: that is such a great visual tool! 01:09:02 JOYANNE HAMILTON: Great fun ! 01:09:24 Adrianne Coffey: I wish I had a 3D printer 01:09:35 Kary Henry: Is that 3D model available somewhere? Is it on Thingiverse? 01:09:57 Laurie Yocom: that is a very cool 3d model... 01:10:00 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: @Kary it's on GitHub, and everything you need to print is listed here: https://blog.aurorasaurus.org/?p=1389 01:10:07 Kary Henry: Thank you! 01:10:20 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Aurorasaurus.info@gmail.com 01:10:43 Brooks Mitchell (he/him): informative AND stylish!! 01:11:01 Laurie Yocom: now the HAT is an awesome visual! 01:11:33 Brooks Mitchell (he/him): book recommendation re: solar storms and the Carrington event from our Maine library friends...."The Big Dark" 01:12:05 JOYANNE HAMILTON: So much fun chatting with you all. Wish we could have you longer! Thanks so much for sharing your information, knowledge, and science! 01:12:37 Kary Henry: Thanks to all three of you; this has been fascinating. 01:12:49 Michael Zecca: Thanks 😀 01:13:01 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Feel free to attend our Fall Report-A-Thon: Sept 21, 1-4pm ET, sign up for an account to get our newsletter, we will send out registration information in the next month or so! It's free and fun! 01:13:02 Ron Schmit: "Headlines". YES!!! 01:13:12 Laura Cashell: Amazing webinar. Thank you! 01:13:19 Laura Brandt (she/her) - Aurorasaurus: Thanks everyone for participating! 01:13:21 Nisa Kesseler: Very cool! Thank you all for this! 01:13:36 Linda West: Thank you so much - this was wonderful! 01:13:40 Shauna Andrews: I LOVE this Webinar !!! 01:13:50 Adrianne Coffey: Thank you Elizabeth, Laura and Brooks. very Cool! 01:14:22 Laurie Yocom: Thank you! Glad I jumped on! You all did great! 01:14:26 Melissa Green: Thank you for inspiring us to get outside and enjoy th night sky! 01:14:36 Donna Block: THank you! 01:14:48 Frances Recio: Thank you guys this was so cool! 01:14:58 Karla Harris: Thank You!