Aurora Alert

Astro1996

Aurora should be visible tonight/now if its clear where you are.

http://www.spaceweather.com/

http://www.spacew.com/

Cloudy where i am, dam
:mad:

Astro1996

Auroral storm in progress as of 23:22pm, keeps those eyes open! :eek:

mike65

Cloudy here too.

Mike.

Astro1996

This storm looks to be better than last years one, but once again, ruined be cloud. another astronomical event to add to the list, and in this country, its a bloody big list.

I officaly hate clouds as of now.

mayordenis

waterford was cloudy as . . ahem . . ah well

Seanie M

Midlands cloudy and misty all night...

:rolleyes:


Seanie.

Flukey

Yes, cloudy as ever. There is however more aurorae expected this week. There is high pressure around, but at this time of year that doesn't always mean clear skies and a few fronts are expected to cross us too, but we may get a glimpse at some stage during the week. We have the Leonids starting soon too. Let's hope we get a chance at seeing them.

djmike

hey , cloudy here in dublin but with 50% chance of partial clearing by tonight.

lets keep hoping...........

Coconut

Is there anyway to check how visible it is? Or what the best time to look for it would be? Any log of activity in Ireland? Couldn't find any on astronomyireland website.
They're kind of silly questions really, aren't they... Just that I can't spend too long out there this week. I suppose just wait for a cloud break and head out for as long as possible. If I knew that they were predicted to be stronger another night I'd go then.

Astro1996

http://aurora.n1bug.net/
my fav

http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch/rt_activity/
(you can subscribe to an email alert)

http://space.rice.edu/ISTP/dials.html

http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/dst_index/

http://www2.nict.go.jp/dk/c232/realtime/

Coconut

Clearly an enthusiast! I'll check those out, thanks. Guess I'll have to brush up.

Any luck with sitings where you are? Cloud cover doesn't seem too thick where I am in north Dublin, but probably just thick enough, unfortunately.

mike65

Clear skies alert!

Mike.

Astro1996

Shock!, horror!

Maybe we will see tonights storm? who knows........shhhhhhshhhh

Astro1996

guess not, looked good but now clouded over AGAIN.

Astro1996

Auroral storm in progress as of 8pm, if you have a clear view to the north and east go outside and look now, cloudy here in Tallaght.

Redshift

It's raining here in Dunlaoghaire now Hopefully we might get a clear spell later on in the week.

mike65

Clear as a bell down here but nothing to see!

Mike.

Astro1996

The interplanetary magnetic field has switched to the north which means its suppressing the aurora, we need it to point south, which is a shame really since it is still a strong storm, and its still cloudy. :rolleyes: you never know.....