Slight chance Northern Lights tonight!

BEASTERLY · 10-08-2010 4:05pm #1

Ok we have a CME associated with a strong M-Class solar flare which occured on August 7th heading for Earth.

From Spaceweather.com: ''The solar eruption of August 7th might affect Earth after all. Newly-arriving data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) show a CME heading our way with a significant Earth-directed component.''

A slight risk but worth keeping an eye out all the same!

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http://spaceweather.com/

Fingers crossed anyway. Just keep an eye on the Kp index.

Iancar29 · 10-08-2010 5:05pm

HERE S TO HOPING!

Iancar29 · 10-08-2010 5:08pm

Also for the persied meteor shower this is quite good!

ITS A METEOR/satellite radar!

http://topaz.streamguys.tv/~spaceweather/index.html

Listen out for a "ping"....and thats something shooting across the sky.

I class it as a sonar tough rather than a radar.

BEASTERLY · 10-08-2010 7:22pm

Iancar29 wrote: »

Also for the persied meteor shower this is quite good!

ITS A METEOR/satellite radar!

http://topaz.streamguys.tv/~spaceweather/index.html

Listen out for a "ping"....and thats something shooting across the sky.

I class it as a sonar tough rather than a radar.

Thanks will be listening tonight! Clear skies here in Wexford... for once:)

BEASTERLY · 10-08-2010 8:56pm

Never mind. Kp index is currently only at 1 currently... sigh

Maybe next time eh? It's still worth going out to have a look at the meteors!

xi · 10-08-2010 9:47pm

BEASTERLY wrote: »

Never mind. Kp index is currently only at 1 currently... sigh

Maybe next time eh? It's still worth going out to have a look at the meteors!

Kp 2 now

Oval seems to be descending

maquiladora · 10-08-2010 9:53pm

You'd want to be about as far north as Iceland to see any Northern Lights tonight lads.

Were going to have to wait for a decent event again to get a lightshow down here. The good news is chances will increase over the next couple of years.

BEASTERLY · 10-08-2010 10:05pm

xi wrote: »

Kp 2 now

Oval seems to be descending

We'll need a Kp index of atleast 7 preferably 8 or 9.

Maybe next ime.

xi · 10-08-2010 10:09pm

BEASTERLY wrote: »

We'll need a Kp index of atleast 7 preferably 8 or 9.

Maybe next ime.

Ah t1ts

Anyway snowing here in Limerick

Ilyushin76 · 10-08-2010 10:45pm

xi wrote: »

Ah t1ts

Anyway snowing here in Limerick

I think we have a troll:mad:

pauldry · 10-08-2010 10:55pm

Skys green here! Oh wait I sneezed on the window

xi · 10-08-2010 10:59pm

John85 wrote: »

I think we have a troll:mad:

Cheer up John.

Ilyushin76 · 10-08-2010 11:34pm

xi wrote: »

Cheer up John.

ok:)

Slight chance Northern Lights tonight!

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