Possibility of seeing the Northern Lights over the next couple of nights ??

Chicken Run

apparently.....
Something I'd love to see, sadly I'm probably not far enough North.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12485104

rainyrun

I am heading northwards on friday evening.. hope somethings is still visible then.. thanks for sharing:D

eskimocat

Chicken Run wrote: »

apparently.....
Something I'd love to see, sadly I'm probably not far enough North.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12485104

That makes interesting reading, Thanks

Elmer Blooker

Chicken Run wrote: »

apparently.....
Something I'd love to see, sadly I'm probably not far enough North.

I pointed out on another thread yesterday that the aurora was visible all over the country at the end of Oct 2003. Unfortunately the moon is full on Friday which would be a problem even if it is visible.

homersimpson

Looking forward to seeing them :D

muckish

Geomagnetic activity is very low tonight. Not much chance of seeing anything tonight. Full moon will drown out the feint aurorae if they occur, such as the green north horizon glow. Keep an eye out here for realtime data. http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch/rt_activity/

aboyro

i saw them in 2003 from here!! really nice/weird sight:D

waterways

The SpaceWeather gallery has a photo taken by Conor McDonald in Maghera (NI) on the 15th this month.



http://www.spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_01feb11_page2.htm?PHPSESSID=ui8n6u8elqiqgbs71ev98v50s3

futonic

That's a filter

positron

Anything celestial like this lost on us those who live in urban areas.

What are the chances of success if we get a campaign going to turn off all the street lights say between 1am to 5am every night? There are dozens of reasons to turn off the street lights - and some against it - but mostly it's very beneficial in many ways. And we would get to see the sky properly for a change (something I sorely miss as I grew up in a tiny village with no lights and my memory of the sky has a easily visible band of milkyway even). May be this deserves a thread on it's own.

Auldloon

I often seen them as a kid in rural West Clare, not colours as such but a glow advancing and fading on the northern horizon. Now I live in NE Scotland and have never seen them here! Raining here tonight:(

Wine Goddess

Amazing pic thanks for posting....
Anyone see any Northern Lights this week?
(By that I don't mean Sinn Féin either!) :mad:

Chicken Run

Wine Goddess wrote: »

Amazing pic thanks for posting....
Anyone see any Northern Lights this week?
(By that I don't mean Sinn Féin either!) :mad:

no