Aurora Prospects 2012

Pangea

Dam, shame I wasn't looking out that night, please let us know lads in this thread whenever you think its possible to see it, thanks!

Iancar29

Small chance of aurora in northern areas this evening. KP 5 expected with a south tilting magnetic field.

MiNdGaM3

If you have clear skies, better get out and have a look!

sparrowcar

MiNdGaM3 wrote: »

If you have clear skies, better get out and have a look!

Cool pic that, Do you have a link for this image?

MiNdGaM3

sparrowcar wrote: »

Cool pic that, Do you have a link for this image?

http://helios.swpc.noaa.gov/ovation/

Pangea

I am seeing the aurora , at long last, from the back of my house, didnt have to travel far, lovely sight.
Tried to get it on camera but crap camera just shows a black screen.

Harps

Do you have an exposure option on the camera? Haven't a clue about photography but try sticking it on for 10 seconds or something

Had a look here, perfectly clear skies for a change but too much light pollution from the town

Pangea

Harps wrote: »

Do you have an exposure option on the camera? Haven't a clue about photography but try sticking it on for 10 seconds or something

Had a look here, perfectly clear skies for a change but too much light pollution from the town

I had the night portrait mode enabled, I just realised I should of had night landscape option on instead. Il try it again to see, although not expecting much from this camera. Aurora was very noticeable around 5 minutes ago again.

galwaybabe

Does anyone know if it is visible in Galway?

muckish

From Horn Head last night. Was stunning to watch. Beams exploded high into the sky for about 5 minutes then died away.. Great display.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKlEtbHXGtA

Elmer Blooker

my god! what time was that? I went outside at around 1.30 last night but didn't see anything :mad:

Pangea

muckish wrote: »

From Horn Head last night. Was stunning to watch. Beams exploded high into the sky for about 5 minutes then died away.. Great display.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKlEtbHXGtA

Very nice thanks. What time exactly was those five minutes?
At around 1.30 I noticed it getting very bright.
I seen some beams ,a few were almost like spot lights reaching straight up.

MiNdGaM3

Some great images on spaceweather.com

Iancar29

Guys, looking good again for aurora tonight, should get strong again like last night within the next hour or so.

GOOD HUNTING!

muckish

Another one from last night. We are being spoilt up here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwlzHoZkztQ

muckish

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

my god! what time was that? I went outside at around 1.30 last night but didn't see anything :mad:

It was at 11.20pm

muckish

Pangea wrote: »

Very nice thanks. What time exactly was those five minutes?
At around 1.30 I noticed it getting very bright.
I seen some beams ,a few were almost like spot lights reaching straight up.

Actually 10 minutes (EXIF data on images)

11.20-30pm

Pangea

Perfect night tonight if the lights come out, gona be clear and frosty.

Seen this on Donegal weather channel possible flare.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=358121&l=4f69fdcdbb&id=161588103950947

Two links for keeping an eye on the Aurora

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/Europe

http://www.softservenews.com/Aurora.htm

sparrowcar

Pangea wrote: »

Perfect night tonight if the lights come out, gona be clear and frosty.

Seen this on Donegal weather channel possible flare.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=358121&l=4f69fdcdbb&id=161588103950947

Two links for keeping an eye on the Aurora

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/Europe

http://www.softservenews.com/Aurora.htm

Started using this recently..great site.

http://helios.swpc.noaa.gov/ovation/

John mac

this was posted earlier by Ian, I think . http://www.solarham.com/

has all the info in one place

Iancar29

TWO INCOMING CMEs: A pair of solar eruptions on May 7th hurled coronal masss ejections (CMEs) toward Earth. Forecast tracks prepared by analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab suggests that clouds with arrive in succession on May 9th at 13:40 UT and May 10th at 07:54 UT (+/- 7 hours). The double impact could spark moderate geomagnetic storms. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras.


Another Solar Flare ( M - CLass) currently in progress too!

homer simpson

starting to look good!!!!

Iancar29

Too much cloud tonight , 2moro will be the chance though with clearing skies in the North.

lolie

Lovely clear night out tonight, pity nothing happening.
Kp:2.
For all the flares the past few days nothing much in the way of CME's from them

lolie

Just seen this on Spaceweather.com

INCOMING CME (UPDATED): On May 11th at 23:54 UT, a coronal mass ejection raced away from the sun faster than 1000 km/s. The fast-moving cloud will deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field on May 14th around 14:30 UT, according to a revised forecast track prepared by analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab. Mars is also in the line of fire

Weather wise its looking fairly good for monday night.
From met.ie

. A cool night on Monday with lows of 2 to 4 degrees and the heavy showers will continue along western and northern coasts

Fingers crossed so

Pangea

In 23 minutes KP will be 5.
http://www.softservenews.com/aurora.htm

Might be hard to see it with the bright night but worth a peek.

Pangea

Far too bright in the northern horizen to see anything.

Harps

Yeah the north sky doesn't get dark this time of year so not much hope now until late in the summer

hellboy99

ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 5
Threshold Reached: 2012 Jun 11 2346 UTC
Synoptic Period: 2100-2400 UTC
Active Warning: Yes
NOAA Scale: G1 - Minor
Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude.
Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur.
Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible.
Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes.

Mountainsandh

according to Spaceweather, KP now 4, unsettled, 24hrs potential for storm KP 6.
http://www.spaceweather.com/

I'm in South East so don't stand a chance, some Donegal people might see something very very late tonight when all the brightness will be gone ?