Aurora Borealis March

John.Icy

KP 5 storm atm, auroras will be visible over far north, if you have any clear spells, get outside!:D:D

muckish

Not looking like any chance of clear skies tonight.

John.Icy

Yeah that's a pity, were up to a KP 6 with increasing solar wind now, but the auroral oval isn't intriging atm, but with the rising KP it will soon be covering he northern tip of scotland, which means aurora's over North Ulster.

muckish

Spring is Aurora season. Hopefully we'll get plenty of clear nights then. http://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2008/03/20/20mar_spring_resources/216188main_gsfc_20080305_aurora.mp4
NASA Video

muckish

http://vimeo.com/21419634
Stunning video of northern lights in Norway.

muckish

muckish wrote: »

http://vimeo.com/21419634
Stunning video of northern lights in Norway.

Dear God, man, that is so beautiful. Imagine looking up at that.

Cheers for posting.

lolie

Might be a chance of seeing them up north later if the skies clear. Kp 6 at the minute
http://www.softservenews.com/Aurora.htm

Pangea

lolie wrote: »

Might be a chance of seeing them up north later if the skies clear. Kp 6 at the minute
http://www.softservenews.com/Aurora.htm

Skies are far from clear Im afraid , very foggy.

David09

Went up the road for a drive to see if I could see anything. I've never seen an aurora before so not quite sure what I was watching out for. I could see a white glow but couldn't tell if it was light pollution from another town due North from where I was watching. I noticed that the southern sky was most certainly darker than that of the north, but again couldn't be sure if it was down to light pollution.

lolie

Pangea wrote: »

Skies are far from clear Im afraid , very foggy.

It might clear up later but kp is gone down to 2 so not looking to good but going by this http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/2011/04/08/3 were in luck on friday night and saturday night. Would'nt surprise me though if come friday it shows a different forecast. Fingers crossed

Scrath that, just checked the link earlier and only has 1kp forecast for next few days, on wednesday night it had 7kp forecast for tonight. Was to good to be true:(

muckish

Possibility of an aurora tonight. Skies are clear as well.

muckish

Mods, could you remove the "March" from the Thread Title? Save creating a thread for different months. Just a suggestion

Iancar29

muckish wrote: »

Possibility of an aurora tonight. Skies are clear as well.

Where u hearing this from?... kp is currently only 4, we'd need a 6/7 at least and thats for N.Ireland.

muckish

A 6/7 to be visible overhead. 5 should be visible just above the horizon. Anyway a low bank of cloud clung to the horizon last night when I got out to Horn Head. I was using the http://www.spacew.com/ site.

muckish

Anyone see anything last night. Photos here from NI http://www.nightskyhunter.com/Aurora%201-1.html
It was very cloudy here about Letterkenny last night.

Iancar29

muckish wrote: »

Anyone see anything last night. Photos here from NI http://www.nightskyhunter.com/Aurora%201-1.html
It was very cloudy here about Letterkenny last night.

Not from Dublin no ... What was the Kp value to see it from there?... COuld colours be noticed with just the naked eye or only with the exposure shots?

muckish

KP value was up around 5 last night. So the Aurora would be low on the horizon. You would see the colours after your eyes getting adjusted to the dark. Green being the most obvious colour. The reds are harder to see and would be more evident in the long exposure image. The wavey effect would also be visible at these KP values. ANy light pollution will dilute the show.

Lumi

An amazing timelapse video of a flight from San Francisco to Paris CDG which captured some spectacular shots of the Aurora from the air.

"I shot a photo roughly every two miles between take-off in San Francisco and landing in Paris CDG to make this airplane time lapse. Shot with a 5d2, a time-lapse controller, and a 16mm - 35mm, mixed with some iPhone shots. The flight path from SF to Paris goes well over Greenland and the Arctic Circle, where you can see "northern" lights from all sides of the plane, which explains why I could shoot them facing South"

Here's the direct link http://vimeo.com/21822029

© www.beepshow.com

Hobbitfeet

Hi whats the best website to check forecast for NL in Ireland?

muckish

This image was taken at Horn head on April 30th by Janusz Jakub Kuc. Saw it on Spaceweather.com Amazing purple colours. Well done!



Sorry about the size of the image but as it wasn't mine so I didn't want to copy it, resize it and link to it on my image site.