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Aurora Watch May 10th 2024

  • 10-05-2024 09:18PM
    #1
    deandean
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    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!



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  • #2
    Standard Toaster
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    Screenshot_2024-05-10-21-21-49-654_com.jrustonapps.myauroraforecast.jpg

    Reports coming in now.



  • #3
    corcaigh07
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    Any particular time most likely for Ireland?



  • #4
    deandean
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    Midnight onwards looks good.



  • #5
    Standard Toaster
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    Screenshot_2024-05-10-22-29-52-032_com.android.chrome.jpg

    Pink skies across Europe right now

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



  • #6
    denismc
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    Its all kicking off here in Antrim.

    IMG_20240510_230205.jpg IMG_20240510_230143.jpg IMG_20240510_230213.jpg


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  • #7
    denismc
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    IMG_20240510_231410.jpg

    Just with my phone



  • #8
    monster1
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    IMG_20240510_231305.jpg

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



  • #9
    monster1
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    IMG_20240510_231730.jpg

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



  • #10
    bb12
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    very strong north co dublin right now



  • #11
    IrishHomer
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    Clara Offaly right now unforgettable night



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  • #12
    ednwireland
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    phone pics sw donegal , saw few shooting stars as well

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    Post edited by ednwireland on

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • #13
    fineso.mom
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    IMG-20240510-WA0034.jpg
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    West Limerick,amazing sight.



  • #14
    fineso.mom
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    Sorry I didn't realise the pictures would have to be clicked on to see.



  • #15
    goose06
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    D6w



  • #16
    TheIrishGrover
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    Dublin



  • #17
    Standard Toaster
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    IMG_20240510_232857.jpg IMG_20240510_234010.jpg IMG_20240510_232223.jpg IMG_20240510_233556.jpg

    Midlands.

    Been a few years waiting to see one.

    Peaks tomorrow I believe.



  • #18
    ricimaki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 785 ✭✭✭ricimaki


    IMG-20240511-WA0000.jpg

    County Limerick.

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



  • #19
    Gregor Samsa
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    From Ennis, Co. Clare (Four 13 second exposures at 14mm combined into a panorama)

    DSC04959-Pano-2.jpg


  • #20
    Astro1996
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    G5!!!!! kp9!!!



  • #21
    HeidiHeidi
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    Strangford Lough



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  • #22
    5uspect
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    6S7A6763.jpeg

    🌒 .



  • #23
    deandean
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    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:

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  • #24
    mossie
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    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.



  • #25
    ItHurtsWhenIP
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    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:

    IMG_0496.JPG IMG_0493.JPG

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



  • #26
    keithb93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 318 ✭✭keithb93


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



  • #27
    SharkMX
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    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.



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