First FACE

It is beautifully clear tonight, though the ionosphere is currently weak with little sign of geomagnetic activity. Not sure that the solar wind holds much promise either but it is still early.

We are currently running DROP-HOAX and Andrew is running ASK for Southampton (though I am keeping an eye on it at the moment whilst he finalises scan patterns for FACE tonight). AT 19 UT we will swap over to FACE and see if we can measure some field aligned currents in a nice arc, then after any substorm activity we will switch over to BATTY and hope for black aurora...

After the run last night we saw some great aurora; it virtually filled the sky and was set off by some wonderful shooting stars. Maybe even saw some omega bands, though I am not sure - camera data will tell us later.