Estimated time of impact is predicted to occur after sunset 19th March 2026 ๐
Run your EduMOD this afternoon and over night - lets see if we can catch a change in muon flux!
https://www.spaceweather.gov/news/g2-watch-19-21-march-due-cme-and-ch-hss-effects
Hi folks, just a quick query. I have had my 2 x EduMOD (SN#..50055) units for a few months. I've been trying to maintain a constant monitoring and connection to the EduMOD server. Wondering why, it appears I have the greatest muon detection, at the moment it's 26.9 million, where other stations that have more than one EduMOD, for example ARC Dark Matter Centre has 20 EduMOD operating but has only 45.7K detections, currently I run my setup with the two detectors one on top of the other. Also, sometimes I find I drop out of the server yet I'm still logging at this end requiring restarting the logging upload, is there a time out feature imposed or is it just internet falling over?
Cheers
Clint - VK3CSJ
JB Observatory - Narre Warre South
Get your EduMODs running!
During a solar flare, a muon detector can reveal fascinating spikes in cosmic ray activity, letting you observe how powerful solar events interact with Earthโs atmosphere - a rare opportunity to study space weather from right here on Earth!
Strong geomagnetic storm conditions are expected to continue on Thursday, before declining over Friday.
Let us know if you discover anything with your EduMOD๐ !
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Hi...just a quick question, what are the approximate settings on an Oscilloscope to be able to see the pulses on channels A and B.
I have an old Tektronix 2445B 200MHz 4 Channel CRO, very analog compared to today's Digital Scopes, but I've been fiddling and fiddling trying to get two channels to see this pulse, very tricky to get the channels to Trigger correctly, any ideas?...;)
Clint Jeffrey - VK3CSJ
JB Observatory
Hi Parth,
Thank you for your reply. I had another CRO a HP54600B slightly better Triggering characteristics and managed something reasonable on the screen, must invest in a fully digital Oscilloscope at some stage...;)
Cheers
Clint - VK3CSJ
JB Observatory
EduMOD Team
mNetwork Member
Early Adopter
Science Communicator
Hi Clint!
Majority of EduMODs are used for classroom based pracs and are not constantly collecting data - hence you are probably collecting the most data out of everyone at your observatory! This includes the Dark Matter Centre - they do not have their EduMODs running but send most of their detectors to rural schools for their awesome outreach program :)
There is one other EduMOD user who is collecting monitoring data (in New Zealand, so not shown on the mNetwork Aussie map). Here is the link if you're intersted to check it out! They have managed to create a cool webpage: https://milky-way.kiwi/muon-detector/
In terms of the server dropping out - do you mean mNetwork or your logging page? If mNetwork - should be okay as it will collect your muon counts even when you are not logged in - you just need to be logging as usual. If you are refering to your logging page - if the computer goes to sleep or Chrome 'pauses' the tab, it can cut off the logging.
Pepper ๐