Northern Lights tonight?

Darkglasses

I've been reading on twitter that the Northern Lights are clearly visible tonight in the UK, anybody had any luck spotting them in Ireland? I live in Wexford by the coast so I should have a good chance.

I went to Iceland earlier this year just to see them but it was too cloudy every night I was there, so I'll be doubly annoyed if I miss them again because of cloud cover

sunbeam

There's a pale band of light over the northern horizon here in Achill. No streamers yet.

Darkglasses

Too misty now to even see the stars where I am now. Feck.

sunbeam

A few faint streamers are starting now.

sunbeam

Woah this is much better than last march. Wish I had a proper camera.

Darkglasses

So jealous

sunbeam

It seems to have quitened down a bit now. Hope that wasn't the last of them.

sunbeam

Streamers arent reaching as high as they did in march but there is more activity within the band itself. No colours, just white.

tharmor

sunbeam wrote:

Streamers arent reaching as high as they did in march but there is more activity within the band itself. No colours, just white.

visible in dublin ?

Aerohead

Several aircraft reporting to Shannon Airport that they are having spectacular views of the Northern Lights especially aircraft to the West of Ireland

sunbeam

Seems to have died down now in Achill anyway

DVD-Lots

View from Athlone on Lough Ree this evening.



Aurora05 by Terry Powell, on Flickr

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Wha?? Is that pic real?

Was it visible anywhere else???

Is it gone now??

Awww. How'd I not know...

Stuxnet

Loads of cool photos on @ https://twitter.com/Aurora_ireland

2forjoy

Nothing but blackness here

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The amount of times I've went out over the years and nothing, its visible in Cork!!

I didn't think it'd get down so far at all.

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Clear skies but no sign

Darkglasses

Feck

joeKel73

Bit of a glow in Galway. Barely visible by eye though.

John mac

Auora 08 Oct 2015 by JOhn Mac, on Flickr

here's my view from Westmeath .

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Should be banned for rubbing it in^^:(:(:(:(

Mountainsandh

I took this pic from The Vee co Tipp last night, 1 am. There must have been better shots before or after, but I couldn't stay long as I had work in the morning.
historical (1 of 1)-13 by Anne L., on Flickr

Trinh

There is a chance of aurora being visible tomorrow, 02/11/2015. See Space Weather Prediction Center 3 day forecast.

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Holy sh1t!! Theirs actually an App for telling ya!!!

There's a few to choose from.

I was checking sites there to see what are the changes of seeing it where I am and just thought I'd check if there was.

Tomorrow Night has a possible KP number of 7 (out of 9) = big magnetic storm, if like me you haven't a clue what a kp is...

What do Kp numbers mean?

The Kp number is a system of measuring aurora strength. It goes from 0 to 9 (0 being very weak, 9 being a major geomagnetic storm with strong auroras visible).

So when your looking at the aurora forecast page, you want to see high Kp numbers. The higher the better. Anything above (and including) Kp5 is classed as a geomagnetic storm.

Did you know?
The abbreviation Kp comes from the German "Planetarische Kennziffer". Although it is better known in English as the planetary index.

Learn something every day.


Here's a realtime map showing where Aurora may be visible, you want oranges and reds, green no good. It may not embed right so here.



http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
http://www.softservenews.com/gps-aurora-borealis-forecast.html
http://auroranotify.com/1230-2/latest/

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https://twitter.com/Aurora_ireland/status/660855369208569858



:D:D:D

The excitment builds!! Clear skies aswell.

Captain Chaos

Very heavy for over east Dublin for the past two nights so won't see a tap here. No wind to shift it either, very strange weather.

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Mountainsandh

I'm not even stepping out, was out half an hour ago and I could hardly see my house from across the yard co Waterford. lthough up the Vee co Tipperary might be above the fog... I'll just enjoy others'pics tomorrow fingers crossed ! KP 7 would be a minimum down here.

Fluffy88

I'll be out freezing my butt off in the hope of getting a sight of the Aurora.
Only seeing this thread now so I've only found out about the display tonight and I don't have my warm jacket with me

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https://twitter.com/Aurora_ireland/status/661255517885636608

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https://twitter.com/Aurora_ireland/status/661327859030622209