[HCDX]: help sought by NRAO on burst from star

[Bob Foxworth <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A couple of days ago I posted an item about a recent energy burst from a
distant
star (I mistakenly said September but it was in August) and there was a
very interesting
followup. Now a ham at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory is
asking for help
from anyone listening to MW or HF then, as the attachment describes  ---
Bob




From:	W1AW [W1AW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:	Friday, October 02, 1998 16:01
To:	undisclosed-recipients; @p1k.arrl.org
Subject:	ARLP040 Propagation de K7VVV
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP040
ARLP040 Propagation de K7VVV

ZCZC AP40
QST de W1AW  
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 40  ARLP040
>From Tad Cook, K7VVV
Seattle, WA  October 2, 1998
To all radio amateurs 

SB PROP ARL ARLP040
ARLP040 Propagation de K7VVV

[snip...]

If you have access to the web, check NASA Space Science News at
www.astronomynews.com and look for the September 29 article under
Astrophysics titled Crusty Young Star Makes its Presence Felt.  This
is about the big gamma ray flash which blasted the earth on August
27, which was widely reported this past week in the news media.

On that day the planetary A index was 112, and it was assumed at the
time that this was caused by a proton flare from our sun about 4
days earlier.  Now some scientists are wondering if perhaps the
resulting disturbance on earth may have been enhanced by a wave of
energy from a Magnetar, or super-magnetized star about 15,000 light
years from earth.  Paul Harden, NA5N of the National Radio Astronomy
Observatory in New Mexico wants to hear from hams who may have been
listening to medium wave or HF radio around 3:22 AM Pacific Daylight
Time (1022 UTC) in the Western United States on August 27.  He can
be reached at pharden@xxxxxxxxx

Paul says that this is the first known event from outside our solar
system that has affected the earth's environment.  He also invites
us to look at his institution's web page on this event at
www.nrao.edu/pr/magnetar.html.  He noted that if only the SOHO
satellite had been working, meaningful measurements could have been
made which could easily separate the effects of the solar flare and
the magnetar gamma ray burst.



Robert Foxworth
Fortress Technologies, Inc.
2701 No. Rocky Point Dr.
Tampa FL 33607  813-288-7388
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