Aurora Watch May 10th 2024

deandean

With the very major solar activity today, I see reports of a high likelyhood that we'll see the Aurora tonight.

I am in South Dublin but I aim to find somewhere dark and hope for a clear sky!

Standard Toaster

Reports coming in now.

corcaigh07

Any particular time most likely for Ireland?

deandean

Midnight onwards looks good.

Standard Toaster

Pink skies across Europe right now

https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/lucknerhaus/

denismc

Its all kicking off here in Antrim.

denismc

Just with my phone

monster1

Crappy phone pic, wasn't expecting to see it this intense

monster1

Pictures seem to come out better with something else in view..

bb12

very strong north co dublin right now

IrishHomer

Clara Offaly right now unforgettable night

ednwireland

phone pics sw donegal , saw few shooting stars as well

fineso.mom

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West Limerick,amazing sight.

fineso.mom

Sorry I didn't realise the pictures would have to be clicked on to see.

goose06

D6w

TheIrishGrover

Dublin

Standard Toaster

Midlands.

Been a few years waiting to see one.

Peaks tomorrow I believe.

ricimaki

County Limerick.

Would highly recommend getting as far away from any street lights as you can

Gregor Samsa

From Ennis, Co. Clare (Four 13 second exposures at 14mm combined into a panorama)

Astro1996

G5!!!!! kp9!!!

HeidiHeidi

Strangford Lough

5uspect

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deandean

Folks this may be a once-in-a-lifetime event! Incredible photographs. Even in light-polluted Dublin I went to Carrickgollogan hill, Leadmines, and I took some decent photos, 30s exp with flashlight infill:

mossie

Had it really good in North Cork last night from 1130 to 0130 started to get hazy then. Best I've ever seen here, last good one was around 2002/03 but this is a lot better.

ItHurtsWhenIP

Great photos folks. Last night was first time for me to see them in person and they were a little faint to the naked eye, but my camera picked them up pretty good. This was just after midnight.

I used the guidance from here to set the camera up correctly:

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/space-weather/taking-photos-of-the-auroras

These were the two best shots I got:

These were taken on the edge of the Slieve Felims, 25KM west of Limerick City.

keithb93

any good spots near cork city that I could drive to to see this? I missed it last night.

SharkMX

Friday night I found that if i was in an area with no lights whatsoever in my field of view that after abut 30 minutes the colours and wavy patterns were the same to my eyes as i see in the photographs. If i looked at my phone screen to take photographs then it til another half hour or so for my vision to get back to seeing the colourful display, so i stopped taking photographs until i was ready to go home. I was out for hours lying down on a picnic blanket looking up.

Then on Saturday I was with family in the same location that was empty on Friday and there were 4 or 5 cars there with headlights left on and ruining it for everyone. People all looking at their phones.

We didnt see anything on Saturday at all but surely the experience, if there was anything to be seen, would have been diminished with headlights and phones and torches everywhere, so not even sure if there was anything to see or if they were drowned out because our eyes never got to adjust. It was too late anyway at that point to go to a darker more isolated location as the cloud was coming in then.