Aurora borealis, Tuesday and Wednesday

--LOS-- · 03-08-2010 10:21PM

Mental_Legend wrote: »

"Location: Dublin"

That's our word for you Dubs!

But yeah, I remember looking out the upstairs window at "the big glow" as we called it when I was younger. Must dash up to see if I can spot it again.

That's now, I'm from Meath too, high fives yeahhh!

Probably no chance of seeing it from Dublin anyway.

--LOS-- · 03-08-2010 10:24PM

Master of Nothing wrote: »

I know for a fact --LOS-- is not a Dub:pac:

only a non townie knows the word townie

owenc · 03-08-2010 10:28PM

WindSock wrote: »

It's happening in my kitchen!

Naw none of yous can see them ever yous are too far south haha, i've seen them here once!

owenc · 03-08-2010 10:29PM

alwaysadub wrote: »

Think you need to be further north than Ireland to see them. I know Norway is a good spot.
It'd be somethin i'd love to see, but you could be waiting, they aren't too reliable.

Erm naw you can see them i think further north than 53 degrees and at best around 55 degrees which i am further north than.

InTheTrees · 03-08-2010 10:45PM

Did you read the article?

The whole point is that this is an unusual event and the northern lights should be visible much further south.

Edgedinblue · 03-08-2010 10:49PM

In the city so alls i can see is the horrible glow of orange lights :mad:

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 03-08-2010 10:52PM

I know they've been visible in Sligo before, not a spectacular lightshow but a green haze on the horizon which is cool in itself.

You won't see it anywhere near a town anyway, although you might see a rather spectacular orange streetlight glow

Kasabian · 03-08-2010 10:54PM

Brynlee Nice Somebody wrote: »

I know they've been visible in Sligo before, not a spectacular lightshow but a green haze on the horizon which is cool in itself.

You won't see it anywhere near a town anyway, although you might see a rather spectacular orange streetlight glow

Don't confuse it with a bog fire

johnmcdnl · 03-08-2010 10:55PM

alwaysadub wrote: »

Think you need to be further north than Ireland to see them. I know Norway is a good spot.
It'd be somethin i'd love to see, but you could be waiting, they aren't too reliable.

no - this is a special instance of it.. - there was a big eruption basically on the sun on sunday and the waves and stuff is really strong so it's going to be visible in ireland this time..

last time something like this happened it put the power grid down in quebec because of the really high dose of electromagnetic radiation...

that happened in 1989 so it's a very rare occurance this because the erruption has to be facing directly at earth for the waves to come to earth

03-08-2010 11:22PM

owenc wrote: »

Naw none of yous can see them ever yous are too far south haha, i've seen them here once!

*whoosh*

Daisy Steiner · 04-08-2010 08:34PM

Nice clear evening here. Hopefully I might see some northern lights tonight.

They were visible here many moons ago but people still talk about: "The night the borealis was in the sky"

I plan on going north sometime and seeing the aurora up close and personal.

I'm also a big fan of Philip Pullman so the thoughts of being able to see the lights here in Ireland gives me a fuzzy feeling inside.

owenc · 04-08-2010 08:42PM

Deleted User wrote: »

*whoosh*

huh.

owenc · 04-08-2010 08:43PM

Daisy Steiner wrote: »

Nice clear evening here. Hopefully I might see some northern lights tonight.

They were visible here many moons ago but people still talk about: "The night the borealis was in the sky"

I plan on going north sometime and seeing the aurora up close and personal.

I'm also a big fan of Philip Pullman so the thoughts of being able to see the lights here in Ireland gives me a fuzzy feeling inside.

I don't know what time to look out but i should most definitely see them.. what time how long do they last? i'm worried i'll miss them!

johnmcdnl · 04-08-2010 10:02PM

well I won't be seeing them by the looks of the weather here :mad::mad::mad: irish weather is just so unfair - Now I'm going to have to go on holidays to Iceland to see them by the looks of it

WindSock · 05-08-2010 12:09AM

Well I didn't catch it tonight, too cloudy. But I did have a dream I did last night. It was awesome.

drunkmonkey · 05-08-2010 12:15AM

Cloudy god damm it, is it worth waiting for the clouds to clear?

alwaysadub · 05-08-2010 12:17AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Cloudy god damm it, is it worth waiting for the clouds to clear?

Might be visable again at 6am-i read it in the astrology forum

Won't be getting up at that hour to be looking at the sky anyway!!

mojesius · 05-08-2010 12:17AM

It's not too cloudy here. Anyone know, do we have a specific timeframe on when this may happen?

mojesius · 05-08-2010 12:18AM

alwaysadub wrote: »

Might be visable again at 6am-i read it in the astrology forum

Won't be getting up at that hour to be looking at the sky anyway!!

6am, well that's me out of the equation.

Minstrel27 · 05-08-2010 12:18AM

owenc wrote: »

Naw none of yous can see them ever yous are too far south haha, i've seen them here once!

I saw them on the south coast about 20 years ago.

--LOS-- · 05-08-2010 07:18PM

From astronomy Ireland this evening:

Aurora Visible From Ireland
Tonight it may be possible to view spectacular displays of aurora from Ireland. This is due to the increased solar activity which Astronomy Ireland have been tracking over the last two months at our weekly Sun Watches held at our headquarters in Artane (Dublin 5).

A few days ago two huge coronal mass ejections (CMEs) blasted away from the Sun. The first of these huge clouds of charged particles reached Earth on August 3rd, with the second due to hit Earth tonight.
Reports of aurorae seen around the world have been flooding in with some sighting reported from as far south as Sonnenbuehl-Genkingen, Germany, and these Northern Lights are expected to continue tonight.

owenc · 05-08-2010 07:20PM

alwaysadub wrote: »

Might be visable again at 6am-i read it in the astrology forum

Won't be getting up at that hour to be looking at the sky anyway!!

How could it be visable at that time, it'll be broad daylight, or can it be viewed in daylight hours as well?

--LOS-- · 05-08-2010 07:25PM

alwaysadub wrote: »

Might be visable again at 6am-i read it in the astrology forum

Won't be getting up at that hour to be looking at the sky anyway!!

This is the bane of my life

owenc wrote: »

How could it be visable at that time, it'll be broad daylight, or can it be viewed in daylight hours as well?

It would have to be dark, stupid astrologers pfff

InTheTrees · 05-08-2010 09:47PM

Anyone out there looking tonight?

DancingPriest · 05-08-2010 10:05PM

InTheTrees wrote: »

Anyone out there looking tonight?

nah...

NemosTiny · 05-08-2010 10:49PM

InTheTrees wrote: »

Anyone out there looking tonight?

yeh i was.... and i think i may have seen it..... Green skies at 10.30pm.... first i thought it was earlier than it was but i think it may have been the lights..... im in dublin

owenc · 05-08-2010 10:51PM

*sigh* theres clear skies tonight, when the Auora is GONE!:mad::rolleyes:

InTheTrees · 05-08-2010 10:58PM

owenc wrote: »

*sigh* theres clear skies tonight, when the Auora is GONE!:mad::rolleyes:

They revised the estimates and said it could be visible tonight as well.

NemosTiny · 05-08-2010 11:00PM

it has been seen tonight.... clear skies over parts of dublin

owenc · 05-08-2010 11:02PM

InTheTrees wrote: »

They revised the estimates and said it could be visible tonight as well.

Oh is it? Well what time? The cloud has come back again!:mad:

Aurora borealis, Tuesday and Wednesday

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