Today I’ll be telling

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ASTRONOMY
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Far north in the night sky, a

faint glow appears on the
horizon.
Green and red flames of
light stretch across the sky.
A glowing curtain of light
forms, waving and swirling
above you. As the lights fade
away the dark night closes
over you once again
You must be wondering what in the world I’m talking about. I
don’t think you would have heard of Auroras. Well, even if you
have, I would like you to have a closer look at them through my
presentation.
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AURORAS
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WHAT ARE AURORAS?
The “Aurora” is a bright glow observed in the
night sky, usually in the polar zone.
For this reason, scientists also refer to it as
the “polar aurora”.
They are a luminous atmospheric phenomenon that
generally appears as bright colorful bands of light.

Slide6-Picture 2-Auroras
The green portion is the aurora.

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AURORAL MECHANISM
i.e. How does an aurora work
Auroras are now known to be
caused by the collision of charged
particles (electrons) found in the
Sun’s solar wind with atoms in the
Earth’s upper atmosphere (above
80 km)
As these charged particles spiral back and forth along the magnetic
lines, they become visible nearest to the poles. The bright visually
pleasing colors are the result of electrons colliding with oxygen
and nitrogen molecules in the earth’s atmosphere resulting in dark
red or green & blue or purple colors respectively.
Slide 8 -Diagrams
First diagram shows magnetic field lines of the earth while the
second shows the passage of the solar wind over the earth.
The collisions occur in the Ionosphere.
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First diagram shows the electrons of solar wind colliding with gas .
It is a blast which takes 2 to 4 days.
Second diagram shows the process of passage of solar wind.

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Auroral Forms
Typically the aurora appears either as a
diffuse glow or as "curtains" that
approximately extend in the east-west
direction. At some times, they form "quiet
arcs"; at others ("active aurora”,or else as
“Corona”) they evolve and change
constantly.
The form depends on the direction of light rays, whether they are
parallel or perpendicular.

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This is a corona.

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OTHER EYES
Auroras give off more than just visible
light. Satellites now look at many
different types of light emitted by the
aurora.
Apart from visible light, they also give out
x-ray, ultraviolet & infrared rays.
This can be seen from satellite images.

Slide 13-Satellite images

In the image on the right, red shows the areas of intense x-ray
activity while in the left side image, yellow shows the areas of
intense UV activity.
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TYPES OF AURORAS
There are two types of Auroras:
Aurora Borealis –Northern Hemisphere
Aurora Australis-Southern Hemisphere
Also called the “Northern lights” & the “Southern
lights” respectively.
Aurora is the name of the “Roman Goddess of Dawn”.
Both the auroras-Borealis and Australis occur from September to
October and March to April. Their visibility is better in the winter
months.

Slide 15-Picture of Aurora Borealis

Slide 16-Picture of Aurora Australis

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Auroras on other planets
Both Jupiter and Saturn have
magnetic fields much stronger
than Earth's (Uranus, Neptune
and Mercury are also
magnetic), and both have large
radiation belts. Aurora has
been observed on both, most
clearly with the Hubble
telescope.

Jupiter’s satellites Io, Ganymede & Europa are strong sources of

Auroras due to their high volcanic activity. They are also found on
Mars.

Slide 18-Aurora on Jupiter

Slide 19-Aurora on Saturn

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View of Auroras
Auroras always look better when
viewed from the space. They look
spectacular when viewed from
spacecrafts and when they are
photographed from satellites.

This is because on the earth the other gases of the

atmosphere get mixed with the aurora and reduce its
visibility.

Slide 21-Picture of Aurora Australis from space

Slide 22- Picture of Aurora Borealis from space

Now here are some images of auroras for you to marvel.

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