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Possible Aurora This Evening 5/8/11

  • 05-08-2011 10:31pm
    #1
    ComeraghBlue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 954 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys

    Apparently there's a great chance of seeing the aurora tonight as it has reached the level 'storm'

    Hearing reports of it being as far south as North Wales and Cheshire so anyone north of Dublin should have a great chance

    Iv got cloud cover here in Waterford so stand no chance


    Clear skies

    Matt


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  • #2
    iPlop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,822 ✭✭✭iPlop


    ComeraghBlue wrote: »
    Hi guys

    Apparently there's a great chance of seeing the aurora tonight as it has reached the level 'storm'

    Hearing reports of it being as far south as North Wales and Cheshire so anyone north of Dublin should have a great chance

    Iv got cloud cover here in Waterford so stand no chance


    Clear skies

    Matt

    It was as far down as the Netherlands last night

    Michiel-Kienhuis-_3053487_1312585741_med.jpg


    If only we didn't have so much cloud cover in Ireland.

    spaceweather.com


  • #3
    St. Robbie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 ✭St. Robbie


    Me and my cousin saw something in the sky tonight when we were down the east pier in Dun Laoghaire fishing. We saw it at around 9:30pm. It was high up in the sky maybe two miles away from us over Dun Laoghaire and stretching to Monkstown. 2 Miles away but stretched around a mile wide. It was a bright flash, bronze colour but it we didn't hear any thunder and the wind was blowing in our direction. Wasn't from the ground so definitely wasn't a firework or anything of the sort or any type of aircraft. Could it have been this aurora? Was only there for literally 1 second. We looked at eachother straight away not knowing what it was. It wasn't lightning because there was no thunder. Anyone know if it was an aurora or anyone else see it?


  • #4
    IrishHomer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,002 ✭✭✭IrishHomer


    I am no expert on anything astronomy but i was just out walking the dog and at 0026hrs the sky above me lit up brightly.

    I looked up and saw a large trail of white light like a big fireball with a tail and it was going across from approximately South to North.

    It came apart and dispersed like a firework but much too big for a firework.

    This was a truely amazing sight and will stick in my memory forever.

    Hope someone else had the privelage to see it.


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