Aurora potentially visible under clear skies tonight

thecretinhop

Yes just saw them!! A bit worried about cloud coming in from west though. Can't get camera to work grrr.. Lol bit of technophobe going out again soon came in to warm up!

sunbeam

Pillars of faint light are now approaching zenith. Still just pale white though.

thecretinhop

Somewhat green here!

sunbeam

They seem to have retreated back towards the horizon for the moment.

mosstin

Pale white visible in Sligo tonight also. Has faded somewhat in the past 30 mins. Lovely to witness for about 15 minutes.

sunbeam

They seem to have all but disappeared here now. Time for bed I think.

thecretinhop

Cloud from west ah well never seen it before very good

fits

taken from my apartment window in town centre in Finland with Lumia 925.

I just sat at the window for ages and watched. lovely

Tim the Enchanter

Taken from twitter - visible over Waterford/Tipp

deise08

Aurora forecaster is forbidden on my server. what's the hopes of seeing to lights tonight? When would be the best time?

jfSDAS

hi Deise08,

http://www.spaceweather.com is suggesting the storm is subsiding now.

Can you access the above site or the following?

http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk

http://www.solarham.net

John

deise08

Thanks very much for that John. looks like I'm just that bit too south

lolie

Anybody up north should look out now for aurora.
Can see faint aurora from down here.

Charlie19

Last time I went searching, I saw nothing but I did only go as far as Swords.:)

_Whimsical_

There are absolutely amazing shots of last nights aurora over Donegal on Astronomy Irelands facebook

this is one by photographer Brendan Diver. He say there was no editing on his photos

Hal1

Still some chances again tonight as there is some moderate g2 storming bouncing off us. The solar wind speed is 384km/s now but I'd say that will increase again later.

John mac

kp3 predicted for tonight

tylercollins

Another solar flare is in coming for Tuesday night, also peak of lyrids meteor shower is on Wednesday night!

http://www.softservenews.com/en/aurora-borealis-breaking-news/another-aurora-storm-watch-news-300060.html

tylercollins

Aurora alert Ireland (@Aurora_ireland)

NOAA are currently forecasting 45/65% chance of solar storms in the next 48 hours. Cloud good, humidity tonight could result in fog patches

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lolie

A big cme blasted of from earth facing sunspot 2371 early Sunday morning and looks like it's heading directly for us.
Forecast for tonight is looking decent if anything happens but bright sky's to the north won't help.

From Spaceweather.com
FULL HALO CME, STORM WARNING: A coronal mass ejection (CME) is heading directly for Earth. It left the sun during the early hours of June 21st, and is expected to sweep up one or two lesser CMEs already en route, before it reaches Earth sometime on June 22nd.
NOAA forecasters estimate a 90% chance of polar geomagnetic storms when the CME arrives. This doesn't mean that a major space weather event is in the offing. The storm could be mild. It all depends on how the magnetic field of the CME connects to the magnetic field of Earth at the time of impact. According to NOAA, there's only a 10% chance of nothing happening, so stay tuned.


Here's the culprit. Good chance of more earth directed cmes in the next few days.

tylercollins

It's worth mentioning that although it does look good for seeing the aurora, we're at the peak of summer long nights where the horizon never gets full dark. Even if KP Levels and BZ Levels are all right, the chances of actually seeing the aurora is very very low.

Hal1

A strong g3 forecast and maybe some disruption to radio and sat comms.

June 22, 2015 @ 03:00 UTC
Strong Geomagnetic Storm Watch Issued (UPDATED)
The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) has issued a Strong G3 Geomagnetic Storm watch beginning tomorrow (June 22). The expected storm is the result of a full halo CME observed early Sunday morning. Sky watchers at middle to high latitudes should be alert for visual aurora during the next several days.

Radiation Storm: Low energy proton levels continue to gradually climb higher and is approaching the moderate (S2) radiation storm threshold. This could have somewhat of an impact on HF radio propagation through the polar regions. Further enhancement will be possible as an expected CME shock front approaches our planet.

lolie

Looks like a cme hit earlier but might not be the big one from yesterday's flare.


Also a big M6 flare ongoing at the minute with another possible earth directed cme. Pity this didn't happen earlier or later in the year with darker skies.

Hal1

That was the small cme Lolie.

June 22, 2015 @ 17:00 UTC
Geomagnetic Storm in Progress / Aurora Watch
The minor (G1) geomagnetic storm threshold was reached on Monday afternoon at high latitudes. This takes place in the wake of a weak CME passage early this morning. A reminder that another, and possibly much larger shock passage is due within the next 24 hours. This could intensify geomagnetic storming further. Sky watchers at middle to high latitudes should be alert for visible aurora displays.

Update

Strong Solar Flare Detected
A solar flare reaching above M6 level was detected on Monday afternoon beginning around 17:40 UTC. The source, sunspot 2371 is in a good geoeffective position for Earth directed eruptions. More details later this evening.

Elmer Blooker

Look west and you will see Venus, you will see pink rays in the sky, I know the sky is still bright but it looks like the aurora to me?
When the sky gets darker we'll see if it is or not?

maquiladora

A G4 Severe storm is in progress now.

sunbeam

This is so frustrating. The edge of the northern horizon is clear and orange, but the rest is under about 90 percent cloud. Some small breaks in this look much brighter than they should be.

Does anyone have clear skies?

hellboy99

sunbeam wrote: »

This is so frustrating. The edge of the northern horizon is clear and orange, but the rest is under about 90 percent cloud. Some small breaks in this look much brighter than they should be.

Does anyone have clear skies?

Clear skies here in Louth but not seeing anything

lolie

Clear skies here too and seen nothing except a hint of noctilucent clouds very low on the northern horizon.
Kp7 but the magnetic field tilted north so might see very little anyway.
View from the international space station earlier.
https://mobile.twitter.com/StationCDRKelly/status/613085235207667716

sunbeam

Skies have cleared here now. I see a few noctilucent clouds too, but nothing else of note. I think the sky is just too bright to see much anyway.