Aurora borealis, Tuesday and Wednesday

InTheTrees

I dont know whether it'll be visible in ireland but if it isnt cloudy its worth looking for.

Spectacular Northern Lights Show Signals Sun Is Waking Up Skywatchers at high latitudes could be in for a spectacular treat of northern lights, the aurora borealis, Tuesday and Wednesday: After a relatively quiet stretch, it appears the sun is ramping up its activity.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100803/sc_space/spectacularnorthernlightsshowsignalssuniswakingup

WindSock

It's happening in my kitchen!

DetectivFoxtrot

It's 100% cloudy out my way; no chance of seeing it

WindSock

More here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/3984625/Solar-blast-heading-toward-Earth Albeit Southern Hemisphere though.

alwaysadub

Think you need to be further north than Ireland to see them. I know Norway is a good spot.
It'd be somethin i'd love to see, but you could be waiting, they aren't too reliable.

NothingMan

WindSock wrote: »

It's happening in my kitchen!

At this time of year, this part of the country, localised entirely within your kitchen?




Can I see?

Orla K

alwaysadub wrote: »

Think you need to be further north than Ireland to see them. I know Norway is a good spot.
It'd be somethin i'd love to see, but you could be waiting, they aren't too reliable.

People used to be able to see them further south but it got further and further away, I know my granny has talked about seeing them here in Ireland years ago and their is that song about the lights in that Scottish town that I forget the name of.

PirateShampoo

WindSock wrote: »

It's happening in my kitchen!

That would be the Acid.

InTheTrees

alwaysadub wrote: »

Think you need to be further north than Ireland to see them. I know Norway is a good spot.
It'd be somethin i'd love to see, but you could be waiting, they aren't too reliable.

No. Its more about weather conditions. My gf is from Minnesota in northern midwest usa and they get the northern lights regularly. Long brutal sub zero winters and they're the same latitude as northern france.

--LOS--

It's probably unlikely that it will be seen from Ireland although I did see it here years ago

InTheTrees

Orla K wrote: »

People used to be able to see them further south but it got further and further away, I know my granny has talked about seeing them here in Ireland years ago and their is that song about the lights in that Scottish town that I forget the name of.

Well tonight and tomorrow night is one of those solar events that could be similar to the times your gran experienced.

TPD

I saw the northern lights in Donegal a few years ago. Only green though, think it's more colourful the higher you go.

JONJO THE MISER

Northern Lights are unbelivable even better after the pub, lived for a time in Alaska and i can tell you u never get sick of em espically with lovely Japanesse women around:p

CreepingDeath

InTheTrees wrote: »

No. Its more about weather conditions.

Why would it have anything to do with the weather ?

These are charged particles fired from the Sun, hitting the Earths magnetic field and being channelled down to the magnetic pole.
When they hit the upper atmosphere they react and cause the light show.

That's well above the weather systems.

bleg

WindSock wrote: »

It's happening in my kitchen!

mmm mmmmm mmmmmmmm Steamed hams!!!

SEANYBOY1

bleg wrote: »

mmm mmmmm mmmmmmmm Steamed hams!!!

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Steamed Clams..........

--LOS--

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Why would it have anything to do with the weather ?

The only weather it has anything to do with is space weather.

Jesus Wept

WindSock wrote: »

It's happening in my kitchen!

Only reason I opened the thread. :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO2P-RO7UVA

alwaysadub

Orla K wrote: »

People used to be able to see them further south but it got further and further away, I know my granny has talked about seeing them here in Ireland years ago and their is that song about the lights in that Scottish town that I forget the name of.

Really? Didn't know that. Must keep an eye out so

Mental_Legend

HELP!! HELP!!

It's ok mother, it's just the Northern Lights.

--LOS--

alwaysadub wrote: »

Really? Didn't know that. Must keep an eye out so

Well I aint no Granny and I've seen them as a child, bunch of townies the lota ye :P

rossie1977

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Why would it have anything to do with the weather .

i suspect he is talking about weather in terms of viewing conditions. when you think about it the number of cloudless nights in ireland are very few, the number of cloudless nights in winter (best time to view the lights in this part of the world) are fewer again

Mental_Legend

--LOS-- wrote: »

Well I aint no Granny and I've seen them as a child, bunch of townies the lota ye :P

"Location: Dublin"

That's our word for you Dubs!

But yeah, I remember looking out the upstairs window at "the big glow" as we called it when I was younger. Must dash up to see if I can spot it again.

Bucklesman

The-Rigger wrote: »

Only reason I opened the thread. :pac:

Samesies.

"Well I'm from Utica and I've never heard the term 'steamed hams'"

Mental_Legend

Bucklesman wrote: »

Samesies.

"Well I'm from Utica and I've never heard the term 'steamed hams'"

And you call them steamed hams despite the fact that they are quite obviously grilled.

up for anything

According to Accuweather Ireland tomorrow from 9pm till 12am is going to be clear - in Kilkenny at any rate.

InTheTrees

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Why would it have anything to do with the weather ?

That's well above the weather systems.

Define "weather" then?

WindSock

Nyea, too cloudy out there

entropi

I think the solar radiation is slowly killing the current hamster over at Boards Towers, been running slowly the last hour, will need replacing soon:p

I'd like clear or clear-ish skies tonight to get a view of this, would be awesome!

starbelgrade

InTheTrees wrote: »

Define "weather" then?

The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind velocity, and barometric pressure.

Known in Ireland as "rain".

entropi

Mental_Legend wrote: »

"Location: Dublin"

That's our word for you Dubs!

So location automatically assumes that's where you are from?

I know for a fact --LOS-- is not a Dub:pac:

--LOS--

Mental_Legend wrote: »

"Location: Dublin"

That's our word for you Dubs!

But yeah, I remember looking out the upstairs window at "the big glow" as we called it when I was younger. Must dash up to see if I can spot it again.

That's now, I'm from Meath too, high fives yeahhh!

Probably no chance of seeing it from Dublin anyway.

--LOS--

Master of Nothing wrote: »

I know for a fact --LOS-- is not a Dub:pac:

only a non townie knows the word townie

owenc

WindSock wrote: »

It's happening in my kitchen!

Naw none of yous can see them ever yous are too far south haha, i've seen them here once!

owenc

alwaysadub wrote: »

Think you need to be further north than Ireland to see them. I know Norway is a good spot.
It'd be somethin i'd love to see, but you could be waiting, they aren't too reliable.

Erm naw you can see them i think further north than 53 degrees and at best around 55 degrees which i am further north than.

InTheTrees

Did you read the article?

The whole point is that this is an unusual event and the northern lights should be visible much further south.

Edgedinblue

In the city so alls i can see is the horrible glow of orange lights :mad:

epgc3fyqirnbsx

I know they've been visible in Sligo before, not a spectacular lightshow but a green haze on the horizon which is cool in itself.

You won't see it anywhere near a town anyway, although you might see a rather spectacular orange streetlight glow

Kasabian

Brynlee Nice Somebody wrote: »

I know they've been visible in Sligo before, not a spectacular lightshow but a green haze on the horizon which is cool in itself.

You won't see it anywhere near a town anyway, although you might see a rather spectacular orange streetlight glow

Don't confuse it with a bog fire

johnmcdnl

alwaysadub wrote: »

Think you need to be further north than Ireland to see them. I know Norway is a good spot.
It'd be somethin i'd love to see, but you could be waiting, they aren't too reliable.

no - this is a special instance of it.. - there was a big eruption basically on the sun on sunday and the waves and stuff is really strong so it's going to be visible in ireland this time..

last time something like this happened it put the power grid down in quebec because of the really high dose of electromagnetic radiation...

that happened in 1989 so it's a very rare occurance this because the erruption has to be facing directly at earth for the waves to come to earth

owenc

owenc wrote: »

Naw none of yous can see them ever yous are too far south haha, i've seen them here once!

*whoosh*

Daisy Steiner

Nice clear evening here. Hopefully I might see some northern lights tonight.

They were visible here many moons ago but people still talk about: "The night the borealis was in the sky"

I plan on going north sometime and seeing the aurora up close and personal.

I'm also a big fan of Philip Pullman so the thoughts of being able to see the lights here in Ireland gives me a fuzzy feeling inside.

owenc

Deleted User wrote: »

*whoosh*

huh.

owenc

Daisy Steiner wrote: »

Nice clear evening here. Hopefully I might see some northern lights tonight.

They were visible here many moons ago but people still talk about: "The night the borealis was in the sky"

I plan on going north sometime and seeing the aurora up close and personal.

I'm also a big fan of Philip Pullman so the thoughts of being able to see the lights here in Ireland gives me a fuzzy feeling inside.

I don't know what time to look out but i should most definitely see them.. what time how long do they last? i'm worried i'll miss them!

johnmcdnl

well I won't be seeing them by the looks of the weather here :mad::mad::mad: irish weather is just so unfair - Now I'm going to have to go on holidays to Iceland to see them by the looks of it

WindSock

Well I didn't catch it tonight, too cloudy. But I did have a dream I did last night. It was awesome.

drunkmonkey

Cloudy god damm it, is it worth waiting for the clouds to clear?

alwaysadub

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Cloudy god damm it, is it worth waiting for the clouds to clear?

Might be visable again at 6am-i read it in the astrology forum

Won't be getting up at that hour to be looking at the sky anyway!!

mojesius

It's not too cloudy here. Anyone know, do we have a specific timeframe on when this may happen?

mojesius

alwaysadub wrote: »

Might be visable again at 6am-i read it in the astrology forum

Won't be getting up at that hour to be looking at the sky anyway!!

6am, well that's me out of the equation.

Minstrel27

owenc wrote: »

Naw none of yous can see them ever yous are too far south haha, i've seen them here once!

I saw them on the south coast about 20 years ago.