January 30, 1998 Aircraft Data Summary
Orbit: 5700
Conjunction: 08:50:11
Aircraft Position: 71.36 N 159.99 W
Direction of flight: North
Auroral Condition: This night was a very active auroral night.
There were two discrete arcs to the north
and to the southwest and one thick arc
overhead. Black aurora was recorded almost a
minute before and a minute after conjunction
with FAST. Curling in small arcs were seen with
lots of motion.
ASC: arc to the north and to the southwest with wide arc
in middle
AFT: thin feature folded amongst aurora
FWD: a few arcs, one curled near zenith
Directory Name: \Fast98\Jan30
Data Files:
1.FAST positions: jan30_98.fst
2.Aircraft position log: ac980130.gps
Image Files:
Aircraft (RX = aft camera, FX = forward, AC = All-sky)
All-sky images at conjunction: -60 s -50 s -40 s -30 s,
-20 s, -10 s, 0 s, 10 s, 20 s, 30 s, 40 s, 50 s, 60 s
Aft camera image at conjunction +3 s
Forward camera image at conjunction: - 13 s
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