Aurora Prospects 2015

V_Moth

UK Met put out a tweet saying that there is a good chance of Aurora visible tonight:

https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/651775196416876544

Longboard

Currently kp 6, predicting kp 7 in the next hour.

http://www.aurora-service.eu/aurora-forecast/

Wanderer78

id say you d wanna be in a very dark place to see anything here on the south coast. north coast probably looking good though

eastmayo

Wanderer78 wrote: »

id say you d wanna be in a very dark place to see anything here on the south coast. north coast probably looking good though

I can report northern lights are visible now near knock airport.

Wanderer78

anybody know what kp is currently? softserve and other services down

sunbeam

Quite an intense display near the northern horizon in Achill during the past hour. Not too many high streamers, but a lot of activity within the band of light itself. Seems to have died down now.

willier

I was out for a walk about half an hour ago and thought I was imagining faint pillars of light to the north. Obviously not! :-)
I'm between Nenagh and Thurles by the way.

Longboard

south west cork! Didn't last too long. Will put better quality pix up later.

up for anything

Is that it for the night or will there be more?

pad199207

Amazing view in Naas earlier. Ive never seen anything like it. It was North Pole stuff just not overhead. Very chuffed to have seen it to be honest!

Rikand

It was cloudy in athlone, as usual

Went to Kippure and Sally Gap this evening looking for it, hoping the Dublin light pollution would be a bit removed, but didn't see anything.

FrDougalMcguire

Just wondering if anyone here can give me a guide on how to picture the aurora. Was out tonight with my Canon EOS 300D at the auroral peak. Was watching the aurora trying to take photos but the camera would not even try to take a shot as all the settings were wrong I assume. I tried on my smartphone (Samsung S6) but these all came out black. PS I am a novice on camera setup.

Longboard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COwAD_amtMs

A loop of 4 shots taken tonight from west cork.

Trogdor

Rikand wrote: »

It was cloudy in athlone, as usual

Looks like it must have cleared up at some stage
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=97299718&postcount=12

So for those of us in Dublin, where would be good spots to go to try to spot the aurora with the least light pollution? I saw someone mention Hollywood Great near Naul before.

Iancar29

One of mine from up near the airport last night (10-11.30pm)


The R121 to be exact.

It was actually alot stronger at around half 9 though when i could see it from my attic here in Finglas.

snowstreams

Iancar29 wrote: »

It was actually alot stronger at around half 9 though when i could see it from my attic here in Finglas.

Great picture.

So I probably did see it when I looked out at 11 or so near athenry
I saw a few of the higher bits poking above the clouds briefly but since no body had pictures from after 9:30, I assumed I must have been imagining things!

PukkaStukka

Anyone know the prospects for tonight?

Iancar29

Short timelapse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzkgd41kALI

Looks likely again tonight but dunno if it will reach the strength it did last night for so much of the country to see it. Also more cloud moving in later.

Rikand

Trogdor wrote: »

Looks like it must have cleared up at some stage
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=97299718&postcount=12

Ragin!

North coast has some chance of seeing it tonight (KP5 is forecast).

Whosthis

services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/aurora-forecast-northern-hemisphere.png Hmm, get in the car or stay where I am, kp5 predicted and supposed to be most chance of seeing it around midnight. Been watching the above for the last hour or so and the view line has been creeping slowly southward.

Iancar29

Whosthis wrote: »

services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/aurora-forecast-northern-hemisphere.png Hmm, get in the car or stay where I am, kp5 predicted and supposed to be most chance of seeing it around midnight. Been watching the above for the last hour or so and the view line has been creeping slowly southward.

I can't see Kp5 being reached , very stable conditions at the moment.. wouldnt be visible tonight as it is..

Whosthis

Might stay where I am so, its warm here.

John mac

yea not looking great http://www.aurora-service.eu/aurora-forecast/

Aurora alerts Ireland tweeted this yesterday:

48 Hour Storm Watch.

First 24 hours, 7Kp possible.

Final 24 hours, 6Kp possible.

When does the Aurora storm watch begin?

The storm watch begins on 02/11/2015 at 00:00:00 -- in 16 hours and 40 minutes (this info is automatically in your local time)

The storm watch starts at the above time and continues for 48 hours.

irishgeo

Dónal wrote: »

Aurora alerts Ireland tweeted this yesterday:

48 Hour Storm Watch.

First 24 hours, 7Kp possible.

Final 24 hours, 6Kp possible.

When does the Aurora storm watch begin?

The storm watch begins on 02/11/2015 at 00:00:00 -- in 16 hours and 40 minutes (this info is automatically in your local time)

The storm watch starts at the above time and continues for 48 hours.

How far south is it likely to go?

electrobanana

You should try the Aurora notifier app it's free and pretty cool too.I can't post a link but it's in the Google play store anyway.

Iancar29

irishgeo wrote: »

How far south is it likely to go?

Depends on the strength, kp 7 is a good indication that it would get down as far as Dublin at least. Fingers crossed for clear skies.

John mac

looks like kp7 , between 18 and 21:00 tommorow .

http://www.aurora-service.eu/aurora-forecast/

Brought the camera in with me to work today just in case. Hoping for a nice clear night and no fog

fits

keeping an eye out. nothing doing yet. It might be too foggy anyway.

Got a tweet earlier, looks like the storm might be delayed. Talk of northern lights spotting starting at midnight.

John mac

latest looks like it will be best between 21:00 and 00:00 this evening and then kp6 between midnight and 3

murrayp4

Anything stirring?

fits

nothing doing at all yet. estimate is after midnight now.

joujoujou

kp 0.33 at the moment.

Don't think anything interesting to look at tonight.

ComaWhite

It's forecasting a kp7 (G3) tomorrow between 1500 and 1800. Twas nearly pitch black here in Donegal at six this evening, so maybe we'll catch a glimpse of something if we're lucky and the weather hold. Perfect conditions tonight though, ragin' I am!

http://www.aurora-service.eu/aurora-forecast/

fits

Storm is starting now. kP 4 at the moment.

Am hoping the forecast will be a few hours late today until dark (plus hope the rain stays off too) - probably too much to hope for!

joujoujou

Maybe too much (in terms of weather), but comparing aurora forecast to real data - it really looks it's delayed, approx 3 hours. Fingers crossed.

fits

Still no sign of it. I'm in Finland now and the sky is clear but this storm looks like a lame duck. Only moderate activity earlier this morning.

fits

seems to be picking up now. but still not storm level.

Iancar29

You need the BZ component to turn south for a good display. Best of luck !

sunbeam

Clear skies but nothing here so far in Achill.

fits

beginning to storm. Getting much stronger in last half hour. A bank of cloud passing over here so cant see anything yet. Not quite there yet for viewing from Ireland methinks.

fits

The sky is green. Very strong.

Any sightings in Ireland yet?

in 31 minutes, the Geomagnetic Activity level (Kp number) will be 6.33 -- at STORM LEVEL!

Wanderer78

too cloudy here in waterford city and too much light pollution. very unlikely any show here tonight