• OT: Auroras

    From Wanderer@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 10 04:18:54 2024
    Anyone in Europe seeing Auroras?

    https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast#

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  • From Martin Brown@21:1/5 to Wanderer on Mon May 13 15:46:17 2024
    On 10/05/2024 04:18, Wanderer wrote:
    Anyone in Europe seeing Auroras?

    https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast#

    Yes. On Friday night the aurora was very strong and it ran from horizon
    to horizon N-S where I was up near Alnwick. Brighter than the milky way
    and visible in a still slightly light sky with a thin crescent moon.

    I couldn't see any colour in it but it was in moving ribbons. Alas my
    best camera for taking deep sky time exposures was out of battery :(

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2024/may/11/northern-lights-dazzle-the-uk-and-europe-in-pictures

    I haven't seen one that bright for over two decades. I missed two
    similar ones last month and the month before visible from where I live.
    Luck of the draw whether it is clear or cloudy. I have never seen one
    that reached so far south and remained bright all the way.

    A few friends have good photos of it. It was seen from the entire UK and
    down as far as parts of Germany (and Hokkaido in Japan).

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    Martin Brown

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  • From Wanderer@21:1/5 to Martin Brown on Mon May 13 06:24:44 2024
    On 10/13/2024 16:46, Martin Brown wrote:
    On 10/05/2024 04:18, Wanderer wrote:
    Anyone in Europe seeing Auroras?

    https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast#

    Yes. On Friday night the aurora was very strong and it ran from horizon
    to horizon N-S where I was up near Alnwick. Brighter than the milky way
    and visible in a still slightly light sky with a thin crescent moon.

    I couldn't see any colour in it but it was in moving ribbons. Alas my
    best camera for taking deep sky time exposures was out of battery :(

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2024/may/11/northern-lights-dazzle-the-uk-and->europe-in-pictures

    I haven't seen one that bright for over two decades. I missed two
    similar ones last month and the month before visible from where I live.
    Luck of the draw whether it is clear or cloudy. I have never seen one
    that reached so far south and remained bright all the way.

    A few friends have good photos of it. It was seen from the entire UK and
    down as far as parts of Germany (and Hokkaido in Japan).

    --
    Martin Brown

    That's similar to what I saw in Maine. I almost didn't see it.
    It was like a hazy night with the moon out. I went out to try
    figure out where the moon was and realized the whole sky was glowing.
    Studying the haze I could make out streamers and pulsing shapes but
    no colors. It was white like moonlight and bright.

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